Adult Education, Futures Literacy, and Deep Democracy: Engaging Democratic Visioning and Anticipatory Futures for More Sustainable Futures

Autor/inn/en	Barcinas, Susan J.; Fleener, M. Jayne
Titel	Adult Education, Futures Literacy, and Deep Democracy: Engaging Democratic Visioning and Anticipatory Futures for More Sustainable Futures
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 34 (2023) 3, S.131-141 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Barcinas, Susan J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
DOI	10.1177/10451595231166726
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Learning; Role of Education; Literacy; Democracy; Sustainability; Futures (of Society); Lifelong Learning; Civics; Citizen Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Bildungsauftrag; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Demokratie; Nachhaltigkeit; Future; Society; Zukunft; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Staatsbürgerkunde; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung
Abstract	Adult education has historically played a role in modern democracies in support of civic participation and democratic engagement. In the context of a relatively stable and unchanging society, learning "about" and participating "in" the democratic process allow for tweaking the mechanisms of democracy. In present times, taken for granted democratic practices inadequately address the spirit of democracy as social and environmental changes undergo rapid and unanticipated changes. In the context of a past, present, and futures, democracy's future/s is a vast, complex system that offers practical and inspirational hope to communal living. Anticipatory futures perspectives explore our relationships with the future beyond that of prediction to understand and develop human capacities to enact necessary and important changes for unknown and unanticipated futures. This paper explores the role of adult education in supporting a deep democracy approach for creating more sustainable, ecological, and just futures by developing our relationship with the broad spectrum of anticipatory futures. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01