ERIC Number: EJ1382621
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Publication Date: 2023-Jun
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Postdigital Education in a Biotech Future
Jandric, Petar; Hayes, Sarah
Policy Futures in Education, v21 n5 p503-513 Jun 2023
This paper explores a possible future of postdigital education in 2050 using the means of social science fiction. The first part of the paper introduces the shift from 20th century primacy of physics to 21st century primacy of biology with an accent to new postdigital--biodigital reconfigurations and challenges in and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The second part of the paper presents a fictional speech at the graduation ceremony of a fictional military academy in a fictional East Asian country in 2050. This fictional world is marked by global warfare and militarization, and addressed graduates are the first generation of artificially evolved graduates in human history. The third part of the paper interprets the fictional narrative, contextualizes it into educational challenges of today, and argues for a dialogical, humanistic conception of new postdigital education in a biotech future.
Descriptors: Educational Change, Technological Advancement, Futures (of Society), Educational Theories, Science Fiction, COVID-19, Pandemics, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, College Graduates, War, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Creative Works
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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