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In their personal lives than their teachers do, and teachers can feel that providing the security of ‘right answers’ helps. To add to the challenge, not only are these crises of unsustainability – such as Covid-19 and climate breakdown – inherently complex and uncertain, but they are often associated with conspiracy theories, which provide the illusion of certainty. The prevalence of conspiracy theories can lead educators and public information campaigns to an even greater focus on the certainty of facts and sometimes this can be an russia email list appropriate response. However, in battles for facts, other sources (from well-funded lobby groups and/or charismatic figures) can win out over institutionally provided facts. Responses, therefore need to include a meta-understanding of different forms of knowledge (de Oliveira, 2021) and how conspiracy theories are structured. Part of our educational purpose should be helping young people live with uncertainty and avoid the lure of certainty.

‘Part of our educational purpose should be helping young people live with uncertainty and avoid the lure of certainty.’

A hidden curriculum of certainty cannot help us understand or address our planetary predicament. Uncertainty needs to be brought into the open and examined in collaborations between learners and educators in all aspects of school and university curriculum and pedagogy.