Postformal Education A Philosophy for Complex Futures /

• Main Author: Gidley, Jennifer M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Critical Studies of Education ; 3
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Educational sociology.; Education > Philosophy.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Educational Philosophy.; Educational Psychology.; Philosophy of Education.; Sociology of Education.; Pedagogic Psychology.

This book explains why the current education model, which was developed in the 19th century to meet the needs of industrial expansion, is obsolete. It points to the need for a new approach to education designed to prepare young people for global uncertainty, accelerating change and unprecedented com...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• PART I AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO EDUCATION
• 2 Cultural Evolution: Past, Present and Futures
• 3 Psychological Developmental: Child and Adolescent
• 4 Evolving Education: Pre-formal and Formal
• PART II POSTFORMAL PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION: A DIALOGUE
• 5 Postformal in Psychology: Beyond Piaget’s Formal Operations
• 6 Postformalism in Education: Beyond the Formal Factory Model
• 7 A Boundary-Crossing Dialogue of Postformal Futures
• PART III AN EVOLVING POSTFORMAL EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY
• 8 Pedagogical Love: An Evolutionary Force
• 9 Pedagogical Life: A Sustaining Force
• 10 Pedagogical Wisdom: A Creative Force
• 11 Pedagogical Voice: An Empowering Force
• 12 Meta-Reflections
• Index.