This book explores the link between higher education and possibility by examining the role of educational environments in cultivating knowledge, skills, as well as imaginative and transformative capacities essential for addressing complex social challenges. It discusses how encouraging possibility thinking can trigger new cognitive processes and empower students to imagine, question, and innovate through criticality and cooperation, hence contributing meaningfully to the transformation of society and solving its global problems.

A short yet concise reflection on the importance for students to imagine alternatives, think critically, create, and collaborate, this volume prompts to cultivate educational environments that contribute to societal progress toward human and ecological well-being. Boasting a combination of theory and practice, as well as practical pedagogical insights, this is a timely and inspiring read for academics interested in possibility studies, critical, creative and cooperative thinking, education, and related fields.

Establishes a foundational understanding of the rapidly growing field of possibility thinking Reflects on critical, creative, and cooperative thinking as essential skills to foster social progress Offers pedagogical insights for educational institutions seeking to cultivate imaginative and transformative capacities

Autorentext

Oxel Azkarate-Iturbe is a lecturer and researcher at Mondragon University, Spain. His research focuses on the construct of cooperation, with particular emphasis on developing a cooperative and socially transformative identity in students within educational settings.

Paula Alvarez-Huerta is a researcher at Mondragon University, Spain. Her research interests focus on student identity development within educational contexts as well as educational quality and equity and their impact across different educational stages.

Inhalt

1. Introduction - Possibility Thinking as a Framework for Confronting Social Issues in Higher Education.- 2. Cooperation: A Pathway to New Possibilities.- 3. Criticality as a Catalyst for Navigating Ideas and Possibilities.- 4. The Search for Creativity in Thinking.- 5. Transformative Pedagogies in Higher Education.