Future of Education - World Academy of Art and Science

Education is the most sophisticated technology evolved by human beings for conscious social evolution. Yet the slow incremental development of education in recent decades has not kept pace with the very rapid evolution of society. Closing the gap between educational needs and capacities is essential for addressing pressing challenges confronting humanity today. There is urgent need to evolve a new human-centered paradigm in education appropriate to the needs of the 21st century.

This webinar examined critical issues in higher education today and identified core strategies that can be adopted to close the gap between humanity’s past experience and its future needs. These strategies will form the content of a more in-depth exploration of essential changes in perspective, goals, values, content and pedagogy of higher education at Inter -University Centre, Dubrovnik on September 21-23, 2015, which will frame the syllabus for development of a post-graduate level course.

Videos

New Culture of Learning Mila Popovich	Need for a Paradigm Shift Garry Jacobs	Education for Transdisciplinary Learning Mark Swilling	Future Higher Education Winston Nagan
Associate Fellow, WAAS; Interdisciplinary Scholar	Chief Executive Officer, WAAS & WUC; Vice President, MSS, Social Science Research Institute, India(Presentation)	Professor, The School of Public Management and Planning, University of Stellenbosch; Academic Director, Sustainability Institute, South Africa	Chairman of the Board, WAAS; Professor of Law, University of Florida; Director, WUC(Presentation)
Contextual Education Janani Ramanathan	The Value of Values Danica Purg	Education for Planetary Citizenship Hazel Henderson	Origins of our Present Basis for Education Ingrid Stange
Associate Fellow, WAAS; Senior Research Analyst, MSS(Presentation)	Founder and President, IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia; Founding President, Central and East European Management Development Association	President, Ethical Markets Media; Independent Futurist; Economist; Syndicated columnist; Consultant on Sustainable Development(Presentation)	Founder and Chair, Partnership For Change; Associate Fellow, WAAS
The Creativity Response Stefan Brunnhuber	Education of Future Tibor Tóth	Latest trend in Education & Employment Chandrasekaran	Spiritual Education András László
Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer, Diakonie Hospital, Germany; Vice-Chairman of the European Institute of Health; Fellow, WAAS(Presentation)	Ambassador, Executive Secretary Emeritus, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization PC; Fellow, WAAS(Presentation)	Project Coordinator, WAAS, WUC and MSS; Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; Director, GCCF Inc.	Founding President and CEO, GlobalVisioning.net; Founding Fellow, Global Collaborative Alliance; Associate Fellow, WAAS
The Role of Simulation in Education Robert Hoffman
President, What If? Technologies Inc.; Associate Member, Club of Rome