Education in the time of Extinction
with Naresh Giangrande
This webinar took place on October 25th of 2019
Beyond basic education, ensuring people have the fundamental tools to live in a complex world- literacy numeracy, critical thinking, skills etc, what is it we are educating people for? and How?
A small group of us embarked on this question, and realised a framework to ensure we embed the competencies individuals need to navigate and thrive in an increasingly complex and uncertain world; a world which for the most part does not yet exist, and which is largely uncertain. We also developed an evaluation framework for what we called the ‘key compenencies’ for Education for Sustainable Development.
This webinar will be a chance to peer into the complexity of a world that does not yet exist and glimpse into the possibility of equipping ourselves for this world. You will be challenged to look beyond your’ knowns’ to the unknowable unknowns. We will also share some of our findings about how we have applied education for unknowable unknown to educational settings, and how, in turn, we can start to evaluate whether specific educational settings are enabling learners to acquire these key competencies.
Recording
Naresh Giangrande
Co-founder of Transition Town Totnes, the first Transition Town, and of Transition Training, Naresh Giangrande has been involved in designing, running and evolving many of the events, groups, and trainings that have been at the heart of the enormously successful Transition Towns movement. As one of the initiators, he has delivered hundreds of Transition Trainings to thousands of participants in twenty countries that has led to a local project in South West England becoming a worldwide movement in over 50 countries. He has also delivered hundreds of talks and interviews on issues relating to Transition and regenerative culture.