Paper task: My research has a national and global contribution. Discuss.
This assignment can usefully be framed and informed by and through Education for sustainable development SDG goals, and educational futures. Reflect over your research and argue for its contribution.
Word count: 1500 words (+/- 10%)
Deadline for submission of paper: January 28. Send paper to boel.elmroth@umu.se. You will find and I will upload it when the groups are set.
Then prepare a 10 min presentation for group, and read all your group members’ assignments before the course start.
Suggested literature:
Facer, K. (2021). Futures in education: Towards an ethical practice. Paper commissioned for the UNESCO Futures of Education report. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000375792.locale=en
UNESCO documents:
UNESCO (2015) Rethinking Education. Towards a Global Common Good? https://unevoc.unesco.org/e-forum/RethinkingEducation.pdf
UNESCO (2021) Reimagining Our Futures Together. A new social contract for education. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379707.locale=en
UN document:
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals: https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Additional literature:
Bird, F. (2020) A defense of objectivity in the social sciences, rightly understood, Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 16:1, 83-98, https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1785679
