ABSTRACT
Education for change has always been marginal to mainstream thinking and practice. But if the objective of ‘a sustainable society’ is to move from rhetoric towards reality, EFS has to become a central function of that society. Work on or from the margins is no longer adequate — although it may still be necessary to ensure that a radical leading edge is maintained. How we get from the periphery to the centre, from a state of poor EFS to universal richness of thinking and practice, is inevitably a question of strategy, as the ad hoc growth in incidence and quality of education for change that has taken place in the past will be too slow and ineffective for the future. A strategic approach, I will argue, is relevant at all levels from international and national to local and personal. However, while multilevel strategies are vital, and strategy theory is simple, implementation — paradoxically — is difficult and challenging if done well, and invariably raises many important issues.
