WAYS OF KNOWING, CULTURE, COMMUNICATION AND THE PEDAGOGIES OF THE FUTURE

This article focuses on how cultures are embedded in diverse ways of k nowing and how individuals teach (formal, action research, spiritual) and learn the world (action, science, technique or gnosis) differently . We present case-studies or stories of teaching and learning futures and futures generations. These stories tell the fundamental difficulti es we face in teaching, communicating and learning across civilization , profession, worldview and pedagogical style. We offer a futures meth od, causal layered analysis, as one way to enter different knowing spa ces. The educational challenge ahead of us is to pass on the rich dive rsity of culture and ways of knowing to future generations. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd