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Schooling for Sustainable Development in Chinese Communities

Experience with Younger Children

  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Assessment and Evaluation

    • Kwok-Chan Lai, John Chi-Kin Lee
    Pages 53-75
  3. Green Schools in China

    • Hongying Zeng, Guang Yang, John Chi-Kin Lee
    Pages 137-156
  4. The Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong

    • John Chi-Kin Lee, Wing-Po Lam, Michael Williams
    Pages 157-176
  5. Case Studies from the Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong

    • John Chi-Kin Lee, Michael Williams, Wing-Po Lam
    Pages 177-193
  6. Green Primary Schools in Hong Kong

    • John Chi-Kin Lee
    Pages 195-212
  7. The Greenschool Project in Taiwan

    • Shun-Mei Wang
    Pages 213-231
  8. Progress Towards Education for Sustainable Development in Macao

    • John Chi-Kin Lee, Angel Yuet-Ying Au, William Hing-Tong Ma
    Pages 233-256
  9. Lessons Learned and Future Directions

    • John Chi-Kin Lee
    Pages 257-280
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 281-285

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.

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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)

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