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The Polak Game and the Futurеs of Education – Are University Students Optimists or Pessimists about the Future of Education?

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.

Futures of education, Polak Game, University students, Agency, Optimism, Pessimism

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