Key Issues in Sustainable Development and Learning: a critical review

ISBN-13: 9780415276498 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 274 str.

William Scott; Stephen Gough; Neil Chalmers

Opis

This title presents seminal readings from existing literature alongside specially commissioned, critical vignettes from leading thinkers with interests in sustainable development and learning. The book sets out to inform readers about the many perspectives that exist, and to challenge assumptions they may have about both sustainable development and learning.

Recenzje

'With the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development about to be launched in 2005 and with few signs that our global environment is improving it is time for present and future educators to review their own thinking and practice. This book will help them do that for its comprehensiveness, good sense, clear arguments and undoubted commitment fills a gap. Let's hope it finds its way onto many indicative reading lists.' - John Blewitt, University of Exeter (escalate website)

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Framing the issues: complexity, uncertainty, risk and necessity 2 The policy context 3 Language and meaning 4 Lifelong learning: making the linkages 5 Humans and nature: tensions and interdependence 6 Theory and practice: ideology and philosophy 7 Management of learning: issues in curriculum design 8 Curriculum and pedagogy 9 Measuring learning: aspects of assessment 10 Measuring effectiveness: monitoring and evaluation 11 Building capacity: developing agency 12 Economic behaviour: value and values 13 Globalization and fragmentation: science and self 14 What happens next?

O autorze

Stephen Gough, William Scott