ABSTRACT
Meanings of development education have been constructed over time by a variety of agencies and actors, and these meanings have also varied from one place to another. This chapter explores the range of meanings attached to the concept of development education and arrives at a definition that is operationally useful for the discussion in this book. In particular, a clear distinction is made between development education as a general concept and the activity of teaching development education in schools. The complexity of the genesis of development education and its controversial nature will be shown through the discussion on its historical background and the investigation of definitions. The final section provides the definition for the term development education as used in this book.
