Skip to content
Skip to main content

About this free course

Become an OU student

Download this course

Share this free course

Looking globally: the future of education
Looking globally: the future of education

Start this free course now. Just create an account and sign in. Enrol and complete the course for a free statement of participation or digital badge if available.

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

Introduction

Figure 1

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.