Postformal Education

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§complexity.§§The book offers a new educational philosophy to awaken the§creative, big-picture and long-term thinking that will help equip students to§face tomorrow's challenges.§Inside, readers will find a dialogue between adult developmental psychology§research on higher stages of reasoning and today's most evolved education§research and practice. This dialogue reveals surprising links between play and§wisdom, imagination and ecology, holism and love. §§The overwhelming issues of global climate crisis, growing§economic disparity and the youth mental health epidemic reveal how dramatically§the current education model has failed students and educators. This book raises§a planet-wide call to deeply question how we actually think and how we must§educate. It articulates a postformal education philosophy as a foundation for§educational futures.§§The book will appeal to educators, educational philosophers,§pre-service teacher educators, educational and developmental psychologists and§educational researchers, including postgraduates with an interest in§transformational educational theories designed for the complexity of the 21st§century.§