Chula joins hands with UNESCO to nurture tomorrow’s leaders with Futures Literacy skills to create a better world for today emphasizing the prime position it occupies as an educational institution that brings about changes in sustainable learning in the 21st century.
As Albert Einstein famously said almost a hundred years ago, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Nowadays, the world is talking so much about Futures Literacy as a vital skill in the 21st century that emphasizes “imagination” for an improved and better future.
“We use the future to innovate the present. Once we can foresee the future then we can bring about new creations and build a better present since it is imagination that nurtures hope in the hearts of human beings. The hope to be able to enjoy a better quality of life and better health are the motivating forces that enable the creation of various things. Therefore, creativity is always there at the start of various inventions or innovations.” Associate Professor Dr. Natcha Thawesaengskulthai, Global Chief Innovation Officer of Chulalongkorn University discussed this at the “Futures Literacy in a Post-COVID-19 Asia: Solidarity and Transformative Learning” international academic online conference that Chulalongkorn University recently co-hosted with the Thai National Commission for UNESCO). thailand university ranking
Futures Literacy as a vital skill to get us through the world’s crisis
Today we are experiencing tremendous turmoil and confusion. The situation has been exacerbated by the post-COVID-19 situation in a world that is still reeling from the effects of the pandemic whether in terms of public health, the economy, travel, and logistics, food security, and politics. Other than that, we are also faced with climate variability problems that have been the cause of various calamities, political strife, racism, oppression, etc. These have put human beings into a state of fear and hopelessness and left them with the inability to imagine their future.
According to Reil Miller of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), an expert on ideas and imagination for the future, “Human beings still need to envision hope. The Futures Literacy skill is therefore a learning skill of the 21st century. It helps to endow us with the power of imagination and to increase the ability to be prepared for whatever changes may take place.” This has resulted in the initiative to create projects like the UNESCO Futures Literacy and UNESCO Global Futures Literacy Network in several countries. In the case of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University has been part of this network since 2020 during which time it has consistently worked on promoting a better understanding of Futures Literacy in the Chula community.
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