Kindness as a Social Bond and the Education for the Future: Guidelines From a Psycho-Social Survey

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Author(s): Monica Mastrantonio (Justus Liebig, Germany)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 17
Source title: Global Perspectives on Value Education in Primary School
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Aytekin Demircioğlu (Kastamonu University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9295-6.ch016

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference / K-12 Education

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In the survey Imaginable Futures conducted worldwide in the year of 2022, which had 311 responders across the globe, kindness was mentioned as the one core skill for the future. Together with the importance of education for peace, mental health, and the development of survival skills in case of disasters, kindness is listed as the core skill to social bonds. Children school education and school curriculums are mostly based on content acquisition, whereas research data points to what the new generations will need in the near future. Kindness is connected to happiness, well-being, empathy, and sociability, and it can generate physical benefits, like low blood pressure. However, how can these skills be integrated in the school curriculum? How prepared are the teachers to implement this new acquisition? This research concludes that kindness and hope should be far and firstly implemented as key educational figures at this critical time of Anthropocene.

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