CREATIVE UNIVERSITIES: REIMAGINING EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
What is it?
In this wide-ranging book, Anke Schwittay argues that, in order to inspire and equip students to generate better responses to global challenges, we need a pedagogy that develops their imagination, creativity, emotional sensibilities and practical capabilities.
In this wide-ranging book, Anke Schwittay argues that, in order to inspire and equip students to generate better responses to global challenges, we need a pedagogy that develops their imagination, creativity, emotional sensibilities and practical capabilities.
Who is it for?
Educators and students.
Educators and students.
What can it do?
Schwittay proposes a critical-creative pedagogy that incorporates design-based activities, experiential teaching, serious play and future-oriented practices. Crucially, she demonstrates the importance of moving beyond analysing limitations to working towards alternatives for more equitable, just and sustainable futures.
Schwittay proposes a critical-creative pedagogy that incorporates design-based activities, experiential teaching, serious play and future-oriented practices. Crucially, she demonstrates the importance of moving beyond analysing limitations to working towards alternatives for more equitable, just and sustainable futures.
Author’s website:
https://creativeuniversities.com
Article:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/designing-back-future-building-scenarios-engage-students-global-challenges
Creative Universities (2021). Home. Retrieved from https://creativeuniversities.com
Schwittay, A. (2021). Creative universities: Reimagining education for global challenges and alternative futures. Bristol University Press.
Schwittay, A. (2021, September 20). Designing back from the future: Building scenarios to engage students with global challenges. Times Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/designing-back-future-building-scenarios-engage-students-global-challenges