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CFE - The Center for Futurism in Education
Education has become the object of many scientific disciplines in our postmodern era. From developmental psychology, pedagogics and learning theories, to organizational theory, computer science and economics - it seems that almost any branch of research has something to say about how education system should be designed, why they operate as they do, and what can be done to improve them.
But beyond the scientific approach towards education lies a fundamental layer that should be made explicit, before any operationalization is made possible. Postmodernity has brought many changes that pose a challenge to any attempt to fundamentally approach the question of education:
Where should education aim at?
The ever growing availability of information and knowledge, the globalization of society, and at the same time the growing diversity and regionalization of states, the free market economy and ever expending privatization of once-universal or national assets - all these factors and many more call for re-approaching the question of the aims of education.
Any such attempt to address this question must stem from a deep understanding of prevailing practices – and among them, first and foremost that of ICT.
Any such attempt should furthermore be critical in its approach, investigative in spirit, and strategic in scope.
And at last, any such attempt should be guided by a clear conception of individuals' wellbeing and societies prosperity as means for enabling their citizens' wellbeing.
This is where our activities, at the Center for Futurism in Education (CFE), start. We bring forward a set of Humanistic values and set them as the guiding principles of our attempt to re-approach the question of the aims of education. We tackle the question through design of innovative educational concepts that strive to reflect these values, and through their implementation in today's reality - mainly via ICT - and their validation.
We are committed to the design of an educational future that will be sustainable and stemming from existing practices. And at the same time, we are committed to the design of a framework for evaluating the realization of this future, in light of Humanistic values.
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