The topic:  The Future of Education 

"What might education look like in the future?  While many people consider this topic from the point of view of the effects of technology, I and my colleagues are taking a different tack, and are thinking around ideas of socioecological perspectives, the Anthropocene, the French philosopher Giles Deleuze, the Italian philosopher Rose Braidotti, and constructs of a post-human age.

I will play with aspects of this, asking whether these ideas offer a fresh role for education in our changing world."

Guest Speaker: 

Bill Boyd is Professor of Geography at Southern Cross University; Deputy Chair SCU Human Research Ethics Committee, & SCU Student Ombud; Visiting Professor, School of Education, University of Glasgow, Scotland; Visiting Professor, Centre for Australian and Transnational Studies, University of Barcelona, Catalunya; Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, England.

His current research focuses on the scholarship of teaching & learning, especially from the perspective of trans-disciplinary cross-school team-based research.

He is a member of the School of Education based North Coast Initiative for School Improvement.

He co-supervises PhD candidates with colleagues from seven schools across the University.

There is no need to book, the Philosophy Forum encourage you to come along on the night.

After the talk there will be an opportunity for discussion over drinks or dinner for those who wish to participate in this way.

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Venue:  The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie

Date: Sunday 17th November, 2019

Time: 6pm to about 7.30pm                              

Entry: $10 general entry including seniors; $5 pensioners and students