Lessons for the future : the missing dimension in education / David Hicks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hicks, David, 1942-

Series:

Futures and education series.

Futures and education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Education.

Physical Description:

xviii, 145 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge/Falmer, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Lessons for the Future, Davis Hicks provides an insight into, and an argument for, futures education. He discusses the latest innovative teaching and research in the field and looks at young people's attitudes to the future.

Contents:

Cover

Lessons for the Future: The Missing Dimension in Education

Copyright

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword: Preparing for the future

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Remembering the future: A personal/professional journey

Chapter 2 Reclaiming the future: What every educator needs to know

Chapter 3 A lesson for the future: Young people's concerns for tomorrow

Chapter 4 A geography for the future: Some classroom activities

Chapter 5 Towards tomorrow: Strategies for envisioning the future

Chapter 6 Retrieving the dream: How students envision their preferable futures

Chapter 7 Stories of hope: A response to the psychology of despair

Chapter 8 Always coming home: Identifying educators' desirable futures

Chapter 9 Living lightly on the earth: A residential fieldwork experience

Chapter 10 Teaching about global issues: The need for holistic learning

Chapter 11 Questioning the century: Shared stories of past, present and future

Chapter 12 Epilogue: Some lessons for the future

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-47449-0

1-4120-8375-3

1-138-86636-9

1-280-15719-4

0-203-21933-3

9780203219331

OCLC:

475878625