Overview
- Cross-cultural discussions that embrace Western and Eastern perspectives and practices
- The location of Chinese experience with young learners in the global discourses of sustainability
- Expert authorship drawn from a number of Chinese communities
Part of the book series: Schooling for Sustainable Development (SSDE, volume 1)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on the academic foundations, trends and traditions of environmental education for sustainable development principally in Chinese contexts. It highlights contexts and case studies that illuminate recent Chinese initiatives. It includes case studies of green schools and reports on recent initiatives in school-based ESD curriculum development programmes in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The book concludes with an overview chapter that points to likely future developments.
The assumption underpinning the book is that experiences gained in such a major country as China will be of real interest to geographical and environmental educationists, professional educators and teachers elsewhere. Not only will it generate interest and create greater awareness but also it is hoped that these experiences will provide a platform for scholarly exchange and contribute insights on education policy and curriculum changes across Asian-Pacific communities in an increasingly globalised world.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“John Chi-Kin Lee and Michael Williams present the writings of twelve contributing scholars/researchers who discuss the academic foundations, trends, and traditions of environmental education for sustainable development (ESD) in several Chinese cultural contexts. … The book is well-organised, the quality of the writing is excellent, and a helpful index of key terms/names is provided … . Overall, Schooling for Sustainable Development in Chinese Communities is an informative and provocative text … .” (Daniel H. Jarvis, International Review of Education, Vol. 56 (4), 2010)
“This book presents an enlightening analysis of environmental education or education for sustainable development in Chinese communities.” (Cecily J. Maller, Environmental Education Research, Vol. 17 (5), 2011)
"Despite the intrinsic complexity of its subject matters, Schooling for Sustainable Development in Chinese Communities has a stylistic coherence and consistency that is unasual in an edited collection." ( Noel Gough, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol 25, 139-141, 2009)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Schooling for Sustainable Development in Chinese Communities
Book Subtitle: Experience with Younger Children
Editors: Michael Williams, John Chi-Kin Lee
Series Title: Schooling for Sustainable Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9686-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9685-3Published: 28 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8182-7Published: 01 April 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9686-0Published: 29 April 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 300
Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, International and Comparative Education, Environment, general, Social Sciences, general, Education, general