Schools of the future in globalized society: forecasting via scenario development method in Turkish schools

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2014
Tunalı, Sevinç
This study aimed to investigate the predictions of the schools of the future in Turkey. For this aim the study focus on the one major research question: In what ways will schools be evolving for the future in relation to perceptions and major global trends and what are possible future scenarios about schools in Turkey? Qualitative research methods were used to gather data and data were supported by the quantitative results of recent studies. To explore the concept of the schools of the future this study started with the investigation of diverse perspectives on schools of the future. For this phase case study and purposeful sampling methods were used. After that trends shaping education were investigated. Finally all findings put together to create scenarios in related with the schools of the future in Turkey. On the basis of the results of the study four different scenarios were created. These scenarios are not blueprints of the future; these are a possible set of schools of the future in Turkish context.

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S. Tunalı, “Schools of the future in globalized society: forecasting via scenario development method in Turkish schools,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2014.