教育未来学是未来学的一个应用研究领域,它运用定性、定量和定时的科学方法和预测手段,根据社会、经济、科技的长远发展趋势,预测未来教育的规模、结构、管理、内容、方法和技术等等,为教育的决策者制定短期?中期、远期的教育发展规划和政策服务,为他们提供有关学龄人口、人才需求、教育体制、教学方式等方面的事实依据和多种可行性方案。同时,它还要根据教育发展过程中出现的新趋势、新问题,预计它们对教育未来的影响,以便自觉地去修正自己预先设计的教育未来并加以实现。美国是开展教育未来研究最早、最多的国家。不仅学者、教授进行专门研究,而且开设许多“未来研究”课程,现在几乎每所大学都有关于未来研究的课 Education futurology is an applied research field of futurology. It uses qualitative, quantitative and time-based scientific methods and forecasting methods to predict the future scale, structure, management, content and methods of education according to the long-term social, economic and technological development trends And technology to formulate short-term, medium-term and long-term educational development planning and policy services for policy-makers in education and provide them with factual basis and various feasibility concerning school-age population, talent demand, education system and teaching methods Program. At the same time, it also predicts their impact on the future of education on the basis of the new trends and problems emerging in the process of education so as to consciously correct and realize their pre-designed educational future. The United States is the earliest and most developed country in the future of education. Not only academics and professors do specialized research, but also many courses for “future research”. Now almost every university has classes for future research