Philosophical Foundations of Teaching and Learning As an introduction, I would like to specify that I have chosen to explore the article titled Pedagogy of hope: global learning and the future of education , because of the promise held in the notion of “hope” that is introduced and because this article is topical and narrates a very contemporary story that has been spurred on by such dramatic events as the climate emergency, the Black Lives Matter movement and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic that was experienced the world over and that left nobody indifferent and/or untouched. As a complement to this article, I made it a point to view the video How should schools reboot the future? (mentioned in the article) that brings together the thoughts and ideas of a good number of professionals in the field of education. In less than four minutes this video summarizes many of the issues discussed in the Douglas Bourn article: in our current, dramatic present-day what is the purpose educa...
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