Öppen föreläsning med Arjen E.J. Wals, 20 oktober
”There are no jobs on a dead Planet” – Rethinking the role of higher education in light of Systemic Global Dysfunction
Högskolan Dalarna, Campus Falun, Biblioteket, 11:45 – 13:00
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"There are no jobs on a dead Planet" – Rethinking the role of higher education in light of Systemic Global DysfunctionIn times when teachers around the globe are held to account by the performance of their students in international comparisons such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which focus on literacy, numeracy, and science, it is a challenge for them to engage in something as ill defined as "sustainability." In times when many of us, including our students, spend many waking hours gazing at an electronic screen, it is a challenge to connect meaningfully with the complex issues of sustainability affecting our world. In times when schools are increasingly seen as the manufacturers of the "human capital" needed to serve the economy and as places where the seeds of consumerism can be planted at an early age, it is a challenge to reorient teaching and learning to counter this status quo.
These challenges become even more imposing when vested interest groups act to maintain hegemonic unsustainable practices for their own benefit at the expense of the Earth as a whole. How should higher education – supposedly the place where some of the smartest people on the Planet gather – respond?
In my talk I will focus on a number of critical factors that can enable of higher education to re-orient itself, towards human development with people and Planet in mind.