How futures literate are you?: exploratory research on how to operationalize and measure futures literacy

Anke de Boer; Carina Wiekens; Loes Damhof

How futures literate are you? exploratory research on how to operationalize and measure futures literacy

Anke de Boer (First author), Carina Wiekens, Loes Damhof

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Abstract

Futures Literacy (FL), developed by UNESCO (2014), is a capability that provides insight into how we approach unforeseeable challenges by using the future to innovate the present (Miller, 2015). When we only use the past to predict the future, detecting novelty is difficult. By knowing how we are using the future, we can integrate complexity and novelty in our choices and therefore make better decisions. Hanze University has adapted FL to higher education by developing intensive Futures Literacy Knowledge Laboratories (FLKLs) for Professional Masters. This paper focuses on the hypothesis that participants become more Futures Literate after participating in a Lab. Operationalizing underlying skills and measuring improvement during FLKLs is an important step towards an evidence-based approach. Therefore, this paper will focus on the development of a method of measurement that is aimed at measuring the effects of the FLKLs.

Original language	English
Number of pages	15
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2018
Event	6th International Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA): Future in the Making - The Square Business Center , Brussels, Belgium Duration: 4 Jun 2019 → 5 Jun 2019 Conference number: 6 https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/fta2018

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA)
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	4/06/19 → 5/06/19
Internet address	https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/fta2018

Keywords

higher education
measurements
expectations for the future

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