Presentation for Future salon

1. The Age of Nations has passed. Now, unless we wish to perish we must shake off our old prejudices and build the earth. -- Teilhard de Chardin Noosphere and Education

2. What is the Noosphere?

3. Development of Noosphere

4. Implications for Education Rise of Empathy Both as A Value in Education and a part of the curriculum Changing Concepts of the Self Affective Cognition Understanding the Boundaries of the self How do I know what I know Changing Concepts of Community Civic Literacy Changing Boundaries of Communities Ecologies of Learning as Opposed to Hierarchies Collective Sense Making Classroom and School House redesign

5. Implications for Education Continued Amplified Educators and Contested Authorities Lightweight Community/Personal Based Manufacturing Integrating Diasporas Fully into Curriculum Conclusion: Empathy and understanding man’s place within the ecosphere, infosphere/cybersphere and cosmos is the key to creating the noosphere