Students perceived the future as more unpredictable after the course, often finding the openness liberating rather than distressing¶

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q2 i? Students reported knowing "even less" about the future in a positive sense — that anything can happen (theme in 24% of interviews). → Tapio Rasa 2022

Evidence¶

Tapio Rasa 2022¶

Tapio Rasa, Elina Palmgren, Antti Laherto. (2022). Futurising science education: students' experiences from a course on futures thinking and quantum computing. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-021-09572-3

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Self-reported change quoted from student Nora in the phenomenographic interview analysis; the theme 'Future perceived as more unpredictable' was identified in 24% of the 21 interviews. The authors attribute the feeling to the course's multiple-scenario activities.

"It's like I feel that I know even less, I mean in a good way, not like I felt before like I really know, but now I'm even more like, anything can happen."

Discussion¶

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