Evolutionary Pedagogies
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Jennifer Gidley:
"I have begun to use the phrase “evolutionary pedagogies” as an alternative to "educational reform" or even "educational transformation." This is because I want to highlight the scope of the transition we, as humans in a planetary age, are undergoing. The notion of "educational reform" very often only tinkers at the surface of appearances—a bit like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. While the notion of "educational transformation" potentially goes 5 further than "reform," it can be limited by the philosophical perspective, ideology — or even paradigm—that it subscribes to. The meaning that I ascribe to my notion of evolutionary pedagogies is one that connects education more consciously with the evolution of new patterns of thinking that appeared in so many disciplines and fields throughout the 20th and into the 21st century."
(https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/15623015.pdf)
More information
- from the same author: The Evolutionary Waves in 20th to 21st Century Education