ABSTRACT
Images of development - and of developing countries are connected with the eradication of poverty, squalor, urban slums, population growth, high rates of infant mortality, education and welfare facilities, high rates of unemployment, political power in the hands of a few, heavy dependency on a few crops or basic commodities. This chapter focuses on the educational response in the UK to psychological aspects of development interdependence and an awareness of developing global problems and preparing people for change. The point is that the World Bank divisions produced in their annual development reports are too simplistic or at least are only one form of distinction. Development also implies changing the attitudes of people so that they are prepared and eager to help themselves and their neighbours and so that they can understand and improve their environment. A simpler definition is that "Development education is concerned with the nature of global inequalities and with moves to correct these inequalities and imbalances".
