Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Children's rights and adults' responsibilities; 2 Four- and five-year-old children's understandings of time and the future; 3 Futures studies a catalyst for social and educational change; 4 Futures studies and education; 5 Futures studies and early childhood education; 6 Applying futures concerns to the early childhood curriculum; 7 Applying futures values to the early childhood curriculum; 8 Early childhood professionals as agents of change; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Argues that pre-school children have a less apprehensive view of the future than adolescents and that an effective programme in the early years can counteract the difficulties youths experience
