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.

Prologue: Preparing for the Future 1. Remembering the Future: A Personal/Professional Journey 2. Reclaiming the Future: What Every Educator Needs to Know 3. A Lesson for the Future: Young People's Concerns for Tomorrow 4. A Geography for the Future: Some Classroom Possibilities 5. Towards Tomorrow: Strategies for Envisioning the Future 6. Retrieving the Dream: How Students Envision Their Preferable Futures 7. Stories of Hope: A Response to the Psychology of Despair 8. Always Coming Home: Identifying Educators' Desirable Futures 9. Living Lightly on the Earth: A Residential Fieldwork Experience 10. Teaching About Global Futures: The Need for Holistic Learning 11. Questioning the Millennium: Sharing Stories of the Past, Present, Future

David Hicks is Professor in the School of Education at Bath Spa University College. He has published widely in the fields of geographical education, citizenship education, futures education and global education.