Overview
- Captures the status of education for sustainable development (ESD) in formal education sector in Canada and the United States
- Provides clear models and strategies for expanding the application and influence of ESD.
- Illustrates clearly that ESD is singularly well suited to the changing 21st Century educational context
Part of the book series: Schooling for Sustainable Development (SSDE, volume 4)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States—An Overview
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Front Matter
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Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States
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School Systems
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Front Matter
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School Systems
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Reorienting Curriculum to Address Sustainability
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Nonformal Education Serving Formal Education
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Nonformal Education Serving Formal Education
Keywords
- 24/7 residential experiential learning experience
- Canada and the United States
- Ecological economics education
- Education for sustainable development (ESD)
- Formal education
- Higher education
- K-12 educational system
- Lawrence Barnes
- Music and Multi-sensory Learning
- Pre-service teaching
- School systems
- Sudbury schools
- Teacher education
- Warren Wilson College
- York University
About this book
Education for sustainable development (ESD) presents an intriguing challenge in developed countries. The very notion of sustainable development may appear to be at cross-purposes with the social and political aims of large industrial economies. Yet, arguably, the residents of wealthy countries may be most in need of new ways of thinking and behaving on an increasingly more fragile and crowded planet. This book presents a collection of essays that capture the depth and diversity of education for sustainable development (ESD) work in formal education in Canada and the United States. Many of the authors are pioneers in the field of ESD, not only in their own countries but internationally. In this book, they share their expertise, lessons learned, and insights into the ongoing success of their work. The essays reflect leading edge practice, innovation, and depth of experience and provide clear models and strategies for expanding the application and influence of ESD in wealthy countries. The ESD programs described in the book are relevant and culturally appropriate for the specific locally contexts in which they are found but also in the larger context of ESD writ large as a planetary endeavour.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States
Editors: Rosalyn McKeown, Victor Nolet
Series Title: Schooling for Sustainable Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4273-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4272-7Published: 25 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8212-8Published: 09 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4273-4Published: 26 July 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 344
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Sustainable Development