261 pages , Springer , 2016-08-23 The effectiveness of Education for Sustainable Development depends on the ability of schools and teachers to embrace pedagogies that reduce the gap between the rhetoric of education for the environment and the reality of classroom practices. This book responds to the need to better understand the nature of the relationships between agenc...[Read More]
339 pages , Peter Lang Pub Inc , 2004 This book aims at introducing readers to the different ways in which environmental education is viewed and perceived on an international basis. It is one of the outcomes of the First World Environmental Education Congress (FWEEC) held in Espinho, Portugal, on 20th-24th May, 2003. FWEEC gathered 282 participants from 38 countries, off...[Read More]
110 pages , Organization for Economic , 1995 Raising the environmental awareness of the population is a central element for developing a sustainable environment. This report is intended to highlight how schools, teachers, and students in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries are attempting to meet the challenge of building a sustainable s...[Read More]
194 pages , Createspace Independent Publishing Platform , 2014-09-29 A peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal promoting early childhood environmental education for global readership and action, The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE) publishes scholarly written works pertinent to the education of all young children (birth to ei...[Read More]
464 pages , Brill - Sense , 2019-06-27 The focus for this book is the Culture/Environment nexus. Volume one consists of studies submitted by researchers from all corners of the globe. Volume two consists of case studies submitted by a diversity practitioners. The intent was to augment and highlight diversity in our descriptions of environmental education research and pra...[Read More]
366 pages , Taylor & Francis , 2016-10-14 In the World Library of Educationalists, international scholars themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces—extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions—so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers t...[Read More]
284 pages , Routledge , 2016-04-14 The core assumption of this book is the interconnectedness of humans and nature, and that the future of the planet depends on humans’ recognition and care for this interconnectedness. This comprehensive resource supports the work of pre-service and practicing elementary teachers as they teach their students to be part of the world as ...[Read More]
157 pages , Technical Publications , 2009 Multidisciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies Definition, Scope and Importance - Need for public awareness.Natural ResourcesRenewable and non-renewable resources - Natural resources and associated problems - Forest resources - Use and over - Exploitation, Deforestation, Case studies - Timber extraction - Mining, dams and othe...[Read More]
140 pages , Springer , 2018-06-22 This book explores why the concept of wild pedagogy is an essential aspect of education in these times; a re-negotiated education that acknowledges the necessity of listening to voices in a more than human world, and (re)learning how to dwell in a place. As the geological epoch inexorably shifts to the Anthropocene, the authors argue tha...[Read More]
278 pages , Taylor & Francis , 2017-02-24 Given the urgency of environmental problems, how we communicate about our ecological relations is crucial. Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice is concerned with ways to help learners effectively navigate and consciously contribute to the communication shaping our environmental present and future. The book brings tog...[Read More]
159 pages , Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften , 2015-05-28 "Rethinking Intercultural Approaches to Indigenous Environmental Education and Research" arose from a physical and philosophical journey that critically considered the relationship between Western, Indigenous, and other culturally rooted ecological knowledge systems and philosophies. This...[Read More]
