Published in 1985 as one of the outcomes of a geography project seeking alternatives to a problem-centred approach to the study of developing countries. The challenges included:
a] Aims and objectives
- the need to clarify the objectives of teaching about development in geography
- the need for guidelines to select case studies and content themes.
b] Planning
- the need for a framework to aid planning which acknowledges the role of attitudes and stereotyped images in learning about other people and places.
- the need to use open-ended debate in which differing values can be explored
- the need to introduce concepts in the more familiar context of the local environment, or of the pupils' own experiences.
- the need to make complex interrelated ideas accessible to the conceptual ability of pupils without over-simplification.
Exploring the potential of development education approach to teaching geography has five sections: Building a Framework; Becoming aware of attitudes; Organising Content; Developing Skills ;Debating the Issues