Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability

Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability

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  • Author: Chew-Hung Chang
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 0429833695
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 200

In a fast-changing, globalising world, the teaching and implementation of a curriculum for Education for Sustainability (EfS) has been a challenge for many teachers. Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability highlights the issues and challenges educators and academics face in implementing EfS and gives examples of what an EfS curriculum may look like and how some institutions translate the theory into practice. Organised into three parts, the volume looks at: the who (EfS for whom), the what (EfS curriculum) and the how (translating from theory to practice). The concluding chapter provides ideas and directions on where the world can proceed regarding sustainability education and how it can help in the teaching and learning of sustainability. Considering social issues such as poverty, education, health, culture and the use of natural resources, this book proposes a different path towards Education for Sustainability. Providing concrete data on the realisation of sustainable development, Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability will be of interest to geographers, geography educators and professionals concerned with Education for Sustainability.


Education for Sustainable Development in Further Education

Education for Sustainable Development in Further Education

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  • Author: Denise Summers
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 1137519118
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 298

This book will enable teachers and managers in the post-compulsory sector to consider a range of approaches to embed Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in their practice in the post-compulsory sector. There will be the opportunity to consider key debates, useful links and suggested reading to encourage further investigation and development of practice. Fundamentally, this book aims to empower teachers to critically analyse ESD through their own subject specialisms, engage in the debate and learn with their students. Democratic and participative approaches introduced will help readers to question traditional transmissive styles of teaching and learning and move on to the radical and transformative approaches required to embrace ESD. Therefore this book, whilst including illustrative examples, will encourage the reader to look at their own subject specialisms, practice, interests and those of their students to co-construct a curriculum that embeds ESD.


Sustainable Development Teaching

Sustainable Development Teaching

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  • Author: Katrien Van Poeck
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351124323
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 276

The aim of this book is to support and inspire teachers to contribute to much-needed processes of sustainable development and to develop teaching practices and professional identities that allow them to cope with the specificity of sustainability issues and, in particular, with the teaching challenges related to the ethical and political dimension of environmental and sustainability education. Bringing together recent scholarship on the topic, this book translates state-of-the-art academic research into teaching models, methods and tools. Starting with an outline of the challenge of sustainability, it offers insights and models for understanding the interesting yet ambiguous concept of ‘sustainable development’ and the complex process of transforming society in a more sustainable direction (Part I). It then goes on to provide a guide to preparing courses and lessons as well as tools for reflection about teaching practices and the multiplicity of approaches to addressing ethical and political challenges in sustainable development teaching (Part II). Finally, the book offers useful conceptual frameworks, models and typologies about the concrete design and implementation of sustainable development teaching (Part III). This book will be essential reading for students of education, as well as teachers in compulsory and higher education and sustainability education researchers.


Teaching and Learning Strategies for Sustainable Development

Teaching and Learning Strategies for Sustainable Development

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  • Author: Enakshi Sengupta
  • Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
  • ISBN: 1789736412
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 210

This timely book explores the sustainable development goals, how well universities have been able to integrate them into their curriculum, and how universities can institutionalize the goals and sustainable development into their strategic plans and institutional culture


Educating for Sustainability

Educating for Sustainability

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  • Author: Victor Nolet
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317962559
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 253

Educating for Sustainability presents fundamental principles, theoretical foundations, and practical suggestions for integrating education for sustainability into existing schoolwide systems and programs, organized in three sections: Principles of Education for Sustainability; Fostering a Sustainability Worldview; Learning and Thinking for Sustainability. Designed for teachers and teachers-to-be at all grade levels and across the content areas, the focus is on professional practices and pedagogical approaches rather than specific topics often associated with sustainability. Each chapter includes a number of supports to help readers monitor and improve their own professional practice and to deepen their own sustainability wordview, including textboxes in most chapters that provide more detailed or specialized information and a range of application exercises. All chapters include several "Consider This" activities and an "Extend Your Professional Knowledge" feature. Directly grounded in K-12 classroom practice, this book presents useful and realistic information for teachers looking to reorient their work toward sustainability and help their students develop new thinking and problem-solving abilities.


Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools

Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools

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  • Author: Neil Taylor
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 9463000461
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 370

Education for Sustainability is a key priority in today’s schools, as our society seeks to find a balance between environmental, social, cultural, political and economic imperatives that affect our future. As young children will become the next generation of adults, it is vital that they are educated about sustainability issues, so that they can learn to make informed decisions and take positive action for a sustainable world. Teachers are ideally placed to educate for sustainability issues, and indeed have a responsibility to do so. However, they often lack support and experience in this area, and constraints of current curriculum priorities can inhibit Education for Sustainability being taught effectively in many classrooms. Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools: Teaching for the Future addresses this problem by showing how Education for Sustainability can be developed within and across all areas of the primary curriculum in the Australian and New Zealand contexts. The book provides a range of educational approaches and examples of activities to support teachers in addressing national requirements for teaching the major primary curriculum learning areas, while simultaneously educating for sustainability. This integrative approach to primary education can promote knowledge of, positive attitudes towards and suitable action for sustainability in relevant, meaningful, enjoyable and creative ways. This book is a valuable resource for all primary teachers who wish to make a real difference to educating children for the future.


Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development

Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development

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  • Author: Walter Filho Leal
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
  • ISBN: 1839104651
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 512

Exploring the important role of education in both pursuing and implementing sustainable development, this timely Handbook highlights how teaching methods at schools and universities can impact the future. It looks at ways not only to inform students about matters related to sustainable development, but also to empower them to adopt behaviours and actions that lead to more sustainable lifestyles.


Educating Science Teachers for Sustainability

Educating Science Teachers for Sustainability

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  • Author: Susan K. Stratton
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319164112
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 478

This volume contains a unique compilation of research and reflections representing multiple vantage points stemming from different parts of the world that can help science educators and teacher educators in finding ways to meaningfully and purposefully embed sustainability into teaching and learning. It is a rich resource for exploring and contextualizing sustainability-oriented science education. At this time we find ourselves in a situation in which the earth’s ecological system is under significant strain as a result of human activity. In the developed world people are asking “How can we maintain our current standard of living?” while those in the developing world are asking “How can we increase the quality of our lives?” all while trying to do what is necessary to mitigate the environmental problems. This volume responds to these questions with a focus on educating for sustainability, including historical and philosophical analyses, and pedagogical and practical applications in the context of science teacher preparation. Included are many examples of ways to educate science teachers for sustainability from authors across the globe. This text argues that issues of sustainability are increasingly important to our natural world, built world, national and international economics and of course the political world. The ideas presented in the book provide examples for original, effective and necessary changes for envisioning educating science teachers for sustainability that will inform policy makers.


Teacher Education, Sustainability and Development

Teacher Education, Sustainability and Development

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  • Author: Pia-Maria Rabensteiner
  • Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
  • ISBN: 3643910312
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 456

Internationalisation of teacher training is a major challenge in the 21st century. For universities, university colleges and schools, internationalisation is now more important than ever. This publication considers a variety of perspectives related to internationalisation and explores aspects such as diversity, globalisation, interculturality, multilingualism, political education, and in particular, sustainable development. This publication presents 22 diverse contributions. Nevertheless, the contributions share a common base: They all refer to teacher education, sustainability and challenges of educational interest for the advancement of internationalisation in education.


Integrating Sustainable Development into the Curriculum

Integrating Sustainable Development into the Curriculum

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  • Author: Enakshi Sengupta
  • Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
  • ISBN: 1787699439
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 155

This book explores the value of institutions of higher education in leading the way on the topic of sustainability education by ensuring that it is well entrenched in the curriculum as well as everyday practice and lifestyles.