{"product_id":"9783032056979","title":"SpringerBriefs in Education: Revising Education Systems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpringerBriefs in Education: Revising Education Systems\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eToomey, Ron; Lovat, Terence\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work fleshes out the assertion about the need for a revisioning of education to address the circumstances in which we now find ourselves.\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e It draws attention to the ways education systems typically take a short-sighted view of the purposes of education by focussing on their parochial interests and having the education system strongly linked to national identity and the national economy. It argues that we now require a more long-term view of the purposes of education: one that better fits students for an uncertain future and for dealing with the unprecedented challenges that \u003c\/span\u003econfront humankind.\u003cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003e These include, amongst many others, \u003c\/span\u003ethat \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(31, 31, 31);\"\u003emuch more emphasis needs to be given to nurturing appropriate skills,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(32, 33, 36);\"\u003e within a framework of lifelong learning,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e as people’s jobs are reimagined, enriched or facilitated by the technology they work alongside; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003ethe unprecedented environmental destruction through global warming and natural resource depletion; population and consumption trends predicting that we shall overshoot the earth’s carrying capacity within the century; humanity being at war with itself in escalating numbers of regional, ethnic, and religious conflicts; and domestic violence, youth suicide as well as child abuse and neglect being of epidemic proportions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003eThe work identifies a conception of curriculum and an approach to teaching and learning that have been shown to have the effects that successfully address such challenges. The authors label them as values based instructional scaffolds. \u003c\/span\u003eThe volume provides a total of eight case studies of best practice values based instructional scaffolding drawn from the UK, USA, Africa and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-01-07\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032056979\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-05698-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 78\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44398746140812,"sku":"9783032056979","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032056979.jpg?v=1772898232","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032056979","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}