29th October 2024 | |
6pm - 7:30pm | |
Edinburgh Futures Institute The University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh South EH3 9EF |
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Visions for fair, inclusive and democratic education futures have long been expanded through the work of UNESCO and others. However global education policy is still powered by visions of economic growth and operates through the day-to-day machinery of measurement and performance management. This panel brings together a group of high-profile academics, activists and creatives to debate what kind of alternative education futures are desirable. What do we need to unlearn in education, as we work toward more just and sustainable futures? How might we re-think measurement and standardisation? What is the role of education for democracy in an increasingly polarized world? Can education become a living utopia, and what waystations are available to us as we build it? The event will also include the launch of a newly commissioned work from the award-winning poet Joelle Taylor.
Part of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series and the Edinburgh Futures Institute's free public events series Learning Curves, taking place from October-December 2024.
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