Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability: Theory into Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138325357 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 200 str.

Chang Chew Hung; Gillian Kidman; Andy Wi

Opis

This book highlights the issues and challenges educators and academics face in implementing a curriculum for Education for Sustainability (EfS) and gives examples of what an EfS curriculum may look like and how some institutions translate the theory into practice. 

Spis treści

List of contributors; List of Abbreviations; List of tables and figures; Preface; Introduction - Defining Education for Sustainability (EfS): A theoretical Framework; Part I – EfS for whom?; Sustainability in Primary Geography; Learning from Haiyan: Translating Children’s Voices into Action for Resilience; Incorporating Sustainability for General Education: the challenge for large class teaching; Can Grassroots organisations (GROs) replace government policy toward creating a sustainable climate change education programme in Singapore?; Part II – What does an EfS curriculum look like?; The question of ‘knowledge’ about disaster risk reduction in sustainability education; Curriculum development on climate change adaptation: pre-service teacher training in Mongolia; Fieldwork as a vehicle for Sustainability Education: the centrality of geographical inquiry; Emphasizing sustainability when learning power system markets in higher education; (How) do students reflect on sustainability? A model to diagnose and foster reflective thinking about sustainability; Part III – From theory to practice (translating); Geographies of Education for Sustainability (EfS): Shaping the EfS in Vietnam’s Approach to Education; Experiences and Lessons: An International Training Program on Education for Sustainability in the Context of Chinese Formal Education; Sustainability from Theory to Practice: Chinese New Year as an Avenue for Sustainability Education; Conclusion - Where do we go from here?; Index