Teaching tomorrow today

Abstract

There are many things we accept without question. Like: sky is blue. Airplanes fly. Dogs have four legs but humans two. The earth is round. Sticky rice is sticky. And progress is better than no progress. But some things get changed. For example, once it was thought that the earth was flat. And until the beginning of this century, airplanes didn’t exist.

Education is the same way. It is accepted without question that we should teach history, that students should have a comprehensive knowledge of the past. But the thesis of this article is that things have changed. In addition to teaching history, we must also teach the future.

David P. Young, Ph.D., joined CPU in 1977 for a term of two years as Consultant on Planning and Faculty Development, under the sponsorship of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.