All education springs from some image of the future. 46) If the image of the future held by a society is grossly inaccurate, its education system will betray its youth.
Imagine an Indian tribe which for centuries has sailed its dugouts on the river at its doorstep. During all this time the economy and culture of the tribe have depended upon fishing, preparing and cooking the products of the river, growing food in soil fertilized by the river, building boats and appropriate tools. 47) So long as the rate of technological change in such a community stays slow, so long as no wars, invasions, epidemics or other natural disasters upset the even rhythm of life, it is simple for the tribe to formulate a workable image of its own future, since tomorrow merely repeats yesterday.
It is from this image that education flows. Schools may not even exist in the tribe; yet there is a curriculum -- a cluster of skills, values and rituals to be learned. Boys are taugh
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