Week 4: How do demographic challenges affect the possible purposes for education?

Introduction

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A black and white photograph of the inside of a tube station in Brazil, taken from the top of an escalator looking down at a dense crowd of commuters.

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Welcome to Week 4 of Looking globally: the future of education

During Week 3 you considered what education for a sustainable future might mean by focusing on environmental issues.

A further challenge to education systems is that of demographics, which this section will ask you to look at in more detail. There are, and will be even more, significant demographic changes in the world. As you engage with the resources here, think about what their impact will be on the education systems that you are familiar with.