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Designing the Future by Polish Youth
A Theoretical and Empirical Study
Series: - Education, Culture, and Society, Volume: 8
The expectations, hopes, dreams as well as anxieties and fears of the youth are often marginalized. This book presents answers to pivotal questions about the preferred individual and collective futures. Authors give the voice to young Polish students, who willingly and broadly describe their life projects and their desired world in the future. Qualitative and quantitative studies employed in the research document strong variations in studentsâ plans, aims and opinions. Certainly, their future visions may transfer you to unknown futures. Letâs remember that always and everywhere various futures are possible. Which one is preferred by you?
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1 Various Types of Futures: Pedagogical Contexts
â1 Probable Futures: (Educational) Megatrends as Tools for Forecasting and Preparing for the Future
â2 Possible Futures: Example Scenarios of Polandâs Development
â3 Preferable Futures: Visions of the Future of the World and Education
â4 Feminist Vision
â5 Indigenous Vision
â6 Spiritual Vision
2 Individual and Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Future Design in Youth
â1 The Socio-Cultural Context of Future Planning
â2 The Individual-Subjective Dimension of Future Design
3 Methodology of Quantitative Research: Patterns of Individual Future of High School Youth
â1 Research Problem
â2 Research Methods, Techniques, and Tools
â3 Characteristics of the Research Area and the Sample Studied
â4 Research Organisation and Processing of Empirical Material
4 Methodology of Qualitative Research: Academic Youth on the Future of Poland
â1 Research Objectives
â2 Method
â3 Selection of Cases
â4 Organisation of Research and Method of Processing Empirical Material
5 Characteristics of Individual Future Patterns of High School Youth
â1 Motives for Choosing a Pattern
â2 Future Patterns of Girls and Boys
â3 Hierarchy of Future Patterns
â4 Types of Future Patterns Preferred by Youth
â5 Factors Influencing the Realisation of Future Patterns
â6 Socio-Pedagogical Conditions for Designing Future Patterns
â7 Individual Future Patterns: Conclusions
6 Academic Youth on the Desired Future of the Country
â1 Desired Directions for the Development of Poland â Postulates
â2 Preferred Visions of the Future
â3 Preferred Future for Poland: Conclusions
Conclusion
â1 First Scenario: Resignation from Thinking and Designing the Future
â2 Second Scenario: Greater Reflection on the Future
â3 Third Scenario: Reduction
â4 Fourth Scenario: Flourishing
â5 Fifth Scenario: No Change
References
Index
Introduction
PART 1: Designing the Future through Youth â Theoretical Considerations
1 Various Types of Futures: Pedagogical Contexts
â1 Probable Futures: (Educational) Megatrends as Tools for Forecasting and Preparing for the Future
â2 Possible Futures: Example Scenarios of Polandâs Development
â3 Preferable Futures: Visions of the Future of the World and Education
â4 Feminist Vision
â5 Indigenous Vision
â6 Spiritual Vision
2 Individual and Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Future Design in Youth
â1 The Socio-Cultural Context of Future Planning
â2 The Individual-Subjective Dimension of Future Design
PART 2: Research Framework
3 Methodology of Quantitative Research: Patterns of Individual Future of High School Youth
â1 Research Problem
â2 Research Methods, Techniques, and Tools
â3 Characteristics of the Research Area and the Sample Studied
â4 Research Organisation and Processing of Empirical Material
4 Methodology of Qualitative Research: Academic Youth on the Future of Poland
â1 Research Objectives
â2 Method
â3 Selection of Cases
â4 Organisation of Research and Method of Processing Empirical Material
PART 3: Analysis and Interpretation of Results
5 Characteristics of Individual Future Patterns of High School Youth
â1 Motives for Choosing a Pattern
â2 Future Patterns of Girls and Boys
â3 Hierarchy of Future Patterns
â4 Types of Future Patterns Preferred by Youth
â5 Factors Influencing the Realisation of Future Patterns
â6 Socio-Pedagogical Conditions for Designing Future Patterns
â7 Individual Future Patterns: Conclusions
6 Academic Youth on the Desired Future of the Country
â1 Desired Directions for the Development of Poland â Postulates
â2 Preferred Visions of the Future
â3 Preferred Future for Poland: Conclusions
Conclusion
â1 First Scenario: Resignation from Thinking and Designing the Future
â2 Second Scenario: Greater Reflection on the Future
â3 Third Scenario: Reduction
â4 Fourth Scenario: Flourishing
â5 Fifth Scenario: No Change
References
Index
The topic might attract scholars, primarily pedagogues and sociologists as well as students of social sciences, youth leaders and activists.