Peter Carey
PhD Candidate, School of Education, Curtin University, Australia
Publications
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Research Article
A Discussion and Conclusion of the Research Study: Future Schooling and Futures Thinking: Teachers and School Leaders’ Perspectives on Emerging Forms of Learning and Skills Education
Author(s): Peter Carey*
This study examined how futures thinking is construed and evidenced in the Australian education system via leadership views, school policies, decision-making processes, and practices, and how educators view the emerging forms of learning best suited to meet the future needs of students. Futures thinking is a method of reflection on the changes that may occur in future years and the possibilities for dealing with those changes. The study investigated the status of Australian schools’ strategic aims, and understandings of the processes needed for sustainable change into the future through the lens of futures thinking, and the present constraints to and possibilities for the emerging forms of learning and scenarios for future schooling in Australian schools. The study was designed in two strands: 1) scenarios for future schooling and futures thinking, which examined participant res.. Read More»
