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The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?
Journal of Futures Studies, 27 (2023), 4; 17-39. https://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.202306_27(4).0003
Beara, Mirjana; Dubovicki, Snježana

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Beara, M. & Dubovicki, S. (2023). The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?. Journal of Futures Studies, 27. (4), 17-39. doi: 10.6531/JFS.202306_27(4).0003

Beara, Mirjana and Snježana Dubovicki. "The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?." Journal of Futures Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, 2023, pp. 17-39. https://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.202306_27(4).0003

Beara, Mirjana and Snježana Dubovicki. "The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?." Journal of Futures Studies 27, no. 4 (2023): 17-39. https://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.202306_27(4).0003

Beara, M. and Dubovicki, S. (2023) 'The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?', Journal of Futures Studies, 27(4), pp. 17-39. doi: 10.6531/JFS.202306_27(4).0003

Beara M, Dubovicki S. The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?. Journal of Futures Studies [Internet]. 2023 June [cited 2025 March 26];27(4):17-39. doi: 10.6531/JFS.202306_27(4).0003

M. Beara and S. Dubovicki, "The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?", Journal of Futures Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 17-39, June 2023. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:141:230528. [Accessed: 26 March 2025]

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Title (english)The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?
AuthorMirjana Beara
AuthorSnježana Dubovicki
Author's institutionJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Education
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		SOCIAL SCIENCES
Pedagogy
Abstract (english)
The Polak Game is a tool developed by Peter Hayward (2017) and the research method based on his seminal work “The Image of the Future” (1961). This research is focused on understanding how the futures of education is perceived among current students (future teachers) and psychologists in Serbia and Croatia, through their participation in the Polak Game. The sample consisted of 104 students (58 from Serbia and 46 from Croatia). The results showed that pessimistic views of the educational future are very common in university students (48% chose lower, essence-pessimism quadrants in both countries, with Croatian students appearing to be more optimistic), and the influence-optimism was more frequent (92, 3%). This suggests that students, despite their essence- pessimism/optimism tend to have an optimistic view about their own influence on the future of education. The Polak Game seems to be a promising tool both to investigate and venture into opinions on and attitudes to their own future and the future of education in university students. Using causal layered analysis, the Polak Game can help us shift and understand a change from deeper levels.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleJournal of Futures Studies
Numberingvol. 27, no. 4, pp. 17-39
p-ISSN1027-6084
e-ISSN2948-0345
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.202306_27(4).0003
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:141:230528
Publication2023-06
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