Special Education in the Twenty-Second Century?

• Authors: Marzenna Zaorska

Abstracts

EN

At present, not only the representatives of the world of science, but also ordinary inhabitants of the Earth follow evolutionary theories with interest. They ask themselves questions such as: Who are we in reality?, How have we developed in the history of humanity?, Have we indeed, as claimed by Charles Darwin, evolved from creatures who physically and intellectually were, colloquially speaking, no match for us?, Where are humanity and the human heading for and what will humans look like in the future?, What will the world be like in a few centuries? At a time when the dispute between the opponents and propagators of the theory of evolution is still hot, many scientists – assuming that evolution indeed takes place – wonder where this evolutionary process will lead us.

Keywords

EN

special education; development; transhumanism; cyborgization; posthuman

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Kultura i Edukacja
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 6(106)
• Pages: 218-239

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Marzenna Zaorska

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/kie.2014.06.13

Biblioteka Nauki

2048344