Future Studies Course
Future Studies Course
GEN College Diyarbakir
THE FIRST IN TURKEY
FUTURE SCHOOL
GEN FUTURE GENERATIONS COLLEGE
GEN College, with its Future Knowledge program aimed at instilling Future Awareness and Future Literacy Skills in students from an early age, has become one of the 8 Future Schools in the world and the first Future School in Turkey.
With its Future School identity, GEN College has started to be featured in Hundred, a platform that shares global innovations and best practices in education.
The Future Knowledge course provides students with the skills to "Envision and Design the Future."
As a result, students who can create Positive Future Scenarios and Alternative Future Designs, taking responsibility today for tomorrow and shaping the future, are being developed at GEN College as the Successful Leaders of the Future.
WITH THE FUTURE STUDIES COURSE, WE WILL "SHAPE THE FUTURE TOGETHER"
The Future Studies Course at GEN College!
In collaboration with the Teach The Future Organization, founded by Prof. Peter C. Bishop, who has provided futurism education for over 40 years at the University of Houston, and the Futurists Association, the Future Studies course is making its debut in Turkey at GEN College, for middle and high school students!
With the Future Studies course offered by GEN College, the school aims to equip students with the skills to "Anticipate and Design the Future" from an early age.
As a result, students who can create Positive Future Scenarios and Alternative Future Designs are being developed into the Successful Leaders of Tomorrow at GEN College.
GEN College Teachers with Future Teacher Certification Offer Training!
Future Teacher certified teachers at GEN College provide the Future Studies course where concepts are taught, methodologies are shared, and Future Scenarios are developed in Future Labs.
The educational program and books offered to students are prepared by the Teach The Future Organization, while Futurism Trainer Trainings are provided by Prof. Peter C. Bishop and the Futurists Association.
Positive Future Design with Futurism
GEN College aims to raise students' awareness of the future with the Future Studies course and ensure they gain excellent knowledge about what might happen in the future, enabling them to make alternative plans with 10, 20, and even 30-year stages.
Acting with the awareness that success in the future cannot be achieved solely with today's realities, GEN College adds the Future Studies course to its educational program, aiming for every student to design Positive Futures for themselves, their surroundings, their country, and the world.
"Equipping with the Skills of Anticipating and Designing the Future from an Early Age!"
The Future Studies Course at GEN College;
- Was offered to 5th and 9th-grade students in the 2nd term of the 2020-2021 academic year.
- Was offered to 5th and 6th-grade students in middle school and 9th and 10th-grade students in high school in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years.
- Is being offered to 5th, 6th, and 7th-grade students in middle school and 9th, 10th, and 11th-grade students in high school in the 2023-2024 academic year.
- Is planned to be offered to preschool and 3rd and 4th-grade primary school students in the coming years.
GEN College Students are Earning the Futureteen Identity!
Research is conducted in Future Labs both inside and outside the school, and future scenarios are developed. GEN College Future Team students, who meet in the Future Club, participate in national and international tournaments and explore educational opportunities at overseas Futurism summer schools.
Active and specialized students earn the “Futureteen” identity. Futureteen brings significant prestige worldwide and establishes connections with futurists.
Futurism Trainer Training Provided by the Futurists Association and Teach The Future!
Basic level Future Studies training is provided to all teachers and administrators at GEN College.
Teachers who complete the Futurism Trainer Training Program earn the “Teach The Future, Future Teacher Certification” after 20 hours of training and become Future Studies course instructors.
As GEN College, we thank the Futurists Association and Teach The Future Organization for bringing the Future Studies course to students in Turkey.
15.04.2024
GEN College Ümraniye İstanbul
10.09.2020
California
Teach The Future Dr.Peter Bishop