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

'This is a book that is heart-warming, not in a sentimental way, but in its sense of genuine engagement with the reader on the praxis of being future's educators. In Lessons for the Future Hicks brings a collection of his research essays together within the context of his own 'journey' towards an integrated vision of futures oriented action within schools and the institutions of higher learning. That he offers this personal subtext brings his thoughts and research into sharper relief. This is a story of personal and social reflections and action.' - - Marcus Bussey, Futures'A new publication by David Hicks is always welcome. For more than two decades, Hicks has consistently produced eminently readable accounts of research, and teaching resources grounded in research and practical wisdom ... These qualities are as evident in Lessons for the Future as they are in his previous publications.' - Noel Gough, Australian Journal of Environmental Education'Admirable and carefully researched academic study of "the missing dimension in education" ... By introducing the personal into his writing this becomes a moving and compelling search "to make the world a better place", from his earliest days working as a geography teacher, to those as a university professor.' - John Abbott, Cambridge Journal of Education