Innovative learning spaces: Visions for the future(s) of education

Abstract

This article has its origins in the work of an International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) focus group formed in 2020 to respond to a UNESCO consultation on the ‘future(s)’ of education. The membership of the group spanned four continents and we met online during 2020, a period when most of the world was in lockdown due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The group reflected and envisioned possible social, cultural, economic and environmental challenges in future and focused on how the visual arts can meet these challenges. Our focus group looked into the crystal ball and tried to imagine the circumstances in which education through art may take place in future. We imagined how knowledge, learning and education might shape the future of humanity. In short, we addressed how the collective purposes of education may change including what, how and where we learn.