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Futuristic Thinking & Tailored Courses Created 12/9/2009 3:02:59 PM
 
By: Alireza Hejazi
 
Completing academic education is one of the greatest ambitions every man or woman may have during his or her life even in the last years of life. When this comes to futures studies we face with a more interesting phenomenon.

Since futuristic thinking can be regarded as the precondition of futures studies, every kind of curriculum should be made enough flexible to futuristic thinking and improving futurist attitude and capacity especially in young futurists.

So what kind of curriculum can meet this essential need? Should we return once again to students' self-designed courses and programs? This can be a real challenge in futures studies as mainly important issues are designed trough a systematic approach rather than a negotiated solution between the student and the teacher.

Those students who are studying futurology do know that they are in urgent need of futures knowledge basics and principles, but what should they do with their own preferences? How can they freely think about the futures with out making their minds preoccupied by traditional futures teachings?

I think a tailored program or course can be a good response to our modern age educational needs. In a tailored course the professors design the main framework of studies for the students. On the other hand, the students negotiate about their preferences and incorporate their desired configuration as much as possible within the designed program in choosing those units which are more connected to the subject of their thesis.

As the students of futures studies especially in MA and PhD levels mainly need to qualify in presenting new ideas on futuristic thinking at their seminars, I think the configuration of academic programs should be tailored for each student regardless of time and energy that this process may take with the students or the educators.

Surely every wise and thoughtful professor or educator at postgraduate level prefers quality over quantity and this is what we really need in our contemporary futures studies: "Futuristic Thinking".