The Precarious Future of Education

This volume examines the challenges weighing on the future of education in the face of globalization in the twenty-first century. Bringing together eleven authors who explore the paradox of an "after" to the future of education, each chapter in this book targets three important areas: ecology as understood in the broader framework of globalization and pedagogy; curriculum concerns which impact learning; and the pervasiveness of technology in education today.

Introduction: The Precarious Future of Education.- Part I. Curricular Difficulties: Ecology, Globalization and Pedagogy.- 1. After the Future in Teacher Education.- 2. Curriculum Lessons from Ecopsychology.- 3. The Influence of Cultural and Familial Complexes in the Classroom: A Post-Jungian View.- 4. Silent Schools? On the Re-emergence of Oral Language and Culture in Education.- Part II. Learning Explored.- 5. What is and What Will be Science Learning (Theory) in Science Education Reform and Politics? Stories and Reflections.- 6. Big Data and Learning Analytics:The "New" Teaching Machine.- 7. The Case of Wondering 'Its': The Future as More of the Same in the Name of Change.- Part III. Technological Dilemmas.- 8. Big Data and Learning Analytics: The "New" Teaching Machine.- 9. Technology's Hidden Curriculum and the New Digital Pharmakon.- 10. Pioneering the Use of Video in Research and Pedagogy: A Currere of Media(tion).- 11. The Future is Cancelled: From Melancholia to Belief in the World.