The future only arrives when things look dangerous: Reflections on futures education in the UK

Futures

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-13

  Hicks, David ^a  

^a Teaching for a Better World   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; IDEOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80054978326     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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