The Future Generation : Fostering the Capabilities Our Children Need for a Fulfilling and Inspired Life.
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| Language: | English |
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Milton, QLD :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2017
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Table of Contents:
- THE NEXT GENERATION; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Introduction a call to action; PART I What's up ahead for our children; Chapter 1 A window into possibility: coping with the beautiful mess; A future full of promise; The world is a beautiful mess; Can we predict our children's future?; Exploring the edge of possibility; The potential of the future; Chapter 2 Hybrid humanity: preparing for the robot-human interface; A daily dose of Pepper the Robot; Our children's future relationships with robots; Refinements to the human body; Technology that improves the human condition.
- Augmenting our children's intelligenceChapter 3 All in a day's work: redefining future employment; What's happening with work today?; Creating the new world of work; 1. Work Plus Life; 2. Impacts of technology; 3. A new social understanding of work; Workplaces that create a better society; Dealing with a work-less society; Preparing children for the new world of work; PART II Essential capabilities; Chapter 4 Life in the fast lane: developing their adaptive agility; Filtering the overload; Becoming the architect of their own brain; Adaptive agility in their everyday lives.
- Encouraging their perseveranceSupporting their peaceful soul; Chapter 5 Heart-to-heart: enhancing empathy; The promise of an empathic future; The value of empathy; Helping children to practise empathy; Empathy supported by high tech; Empathy and the art of listening; Chapter 6 We live and learn: embedding a love of inquiry; A passion for learning; How children can become effective learners up ahead; Personalised learning just for your child; The digital world at their fingertips; Imagining education for the flexible future; PART III Actions for creating an extraordinary life.
- Chapter 7 What's the big idea: stimulating their creative enterpriseGenerating human enterprise; Young entrepreneurs in action; Let the children play; Igniting their creative genius; Raising the family entrepreneur; Chapter 8 A helping hand: supporting future philanthropy; Philanthropy can make the world a better place; Dispelling the myths about philanthropy; Implementing online philanthropy; A future for philanthropy; 1. Positive deviancy; 2. Entrepreneurial philanthropy; 3. Honouring diversity; Raising a junior philanthropist; Chapter 9 Action stations: fashioning the future right now.
- The power of solutionIncentives for generating action; Finding purpose with action projects; Celebrating their achievements; The future defined by today's words; References; Bibliography; Index; EULA.
