Abstract
This paper is an invitation to widely converse on what you and I can do for future generations. In conventional approaches to education, thinking about future generations is very much a neglected dimension but need it be? Are there alternatives? Is it possible to transcend fatalism and cynicism, and to begin to build cultures of peace and practical hope? Are our cultural maps of what is and what might be often quite colonising and imaginatively impoverished? Must trends in environmental destruction and physical violence be destiny? Are there opportunities for choice and engagement in what we do as teachers, teacher educators, parents and concerned citizens? How actively do we listen to what our children are saying about the needs of future generations? Are there alternative 'maps' and alternative pathways?
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Futures Studies |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- dialogue
- environmental disasters
- peace
- hope
- alternative pathways in globalization