Teaching Science. Learning For Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9783659500398 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 72 str.

Baptista Monica;Freire Sofia

Opis

The recognition that human decisions and actions at the local level affect the overall environment urged educators and politicians to rethink education in line with sustainable development. Science education can respond to this challenge. Particularly, inquiry based science education favors change in pupils attitudes and values, facilitates the development of certain competencies and knowledge and therefore may be an important means for education for sustainability. Throughout this book we explore why education for sustainability is important and how to promote it in science classes.

O autorze

The authors, Baptista, Freire and Freire, work as researchers at the Institute of Education University of Lisbon, where they are involved in national and international research projects related with science education, curriculum development and teachers professional development. They have published research in several scientific journals.