http://edfuturesresearch.org/2010/06/seminar-3-speaker-abstracts/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://edfuturesresearch.org/2010/06/seminar-3-speaker-abstracts/#comment-6 John Pearce Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:56:31 +0000 http://edfutures.futurelab.org.uk/?p=190#comment-6 It was a strange journey into my past yesterday (I was born 300 metres from Jubilee Campus) and into futures thinking. Strange because it was my first foray into a University/Education/Research site for many years (what does that tell you about someone who earns his living working with and alongside teachers/leaders in schools and Local Authorities?) But I arrived with hope! And strange because there was a language spoken and a methodology used that has, in effect, hardly changed since I was last on campus. Lecture/input, board writing(albeit electronic) and tightly managed discussion groups - All for a focus on educational futures thinking? And yet the content was high intensity, high quality, fast and at times bewildering (at times plain wrong i.e. "there is, in fact, very little opportunity to meaningfully reflect upon individual and collective futures in schools and universities" So? I need time to think and digest, time to reflect and to await other responses on this site (which I will now visit for a while). In the end, as I said, it all relies on the spark of human relationships and the regard with which we hold each other and value each others life experiences.. As, it is for youngsters in schools... it all relies on the quality of response to ideas offered and questions asked. It was a strange journey into my past yesterday (I was born 300 metres from Jubilee Campus) and into futures thinking. Strange because it was my first foray into a University/Education/Research site for many years (what does that tell you about someone who earns his living working with and alongside teachers/leaders in schools and Local Authorities?) But I arrived with hope! And strange because there was a language spoken and a methodology used that has, in effect, hardly changed since I was last on campus. Lecture/input, board writing(albeit electronic) and tightly managed discussion groups – All for a focus on educational futures thinking? And yet the content was high intensity, high quality, fast and at times bewildering (at times plain wrong i.e. “there is, in fact, very little opportunity to meaningfully reflect upon individual and collective futures in schools and universities” So? I need time to think and digest, time to reflect and to await other responses on this site (which I will now visit for a while). In the end, as I said, it all relies on the spark of human relationships and the regard with which we hold each other and value each others life experiences.. As, it is for youngsters in schools… it all relies on the quality of response to ideas offered and questions asked.

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