Environment, Ethics and Cultures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Section 1

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introducing the Book

      • Kay Stables, Steve Keirl

      Pages 3-13

   3. Environment

      • Kay Stables

      Pages 15-31

   4. Global Ethics, Sustainability, and Design and Technology Education

      • Steve Keirl

      Pages 33-52

   5. Culture in Design, Technology, and Environment

      • Kurt Seemann

      Pages 53-63

3. Section 2

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. In(di)geneity in Design and Technology Education

      • Peter Cole, Pat O’riley

      Pages 67-85

   3. Design and Technology Education for Sustainable Future

      • Margarita Pavlova

      Pages 87-99

   4. Designing for Cultural Groups and Humanization

      • Kurt Seemann

      Pages 101-117

   5. Agency and Understanding

      • Kay Stables

      Pages 119-132

   6. Policy Formulation and Enactment

      • Susan V. Mclaren

      Pages 133-152

   7. Against Neoliberalism; for Sustainable-Democratic Curriculum; Through Design and Technology Education

      • Steve Keirl

      Pages 153-174

   8. Sustaining Pedagogical Practice to Promote Productive Problem Solving

      • Christine Edwards-Leis

      Pages 175-190

4. Section 3

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Kartogrifa In-Flux

      • Tristan Schultz

      Pages 193-205

   3. A Case Study of Education for Sustainable Development

      • Michael Gaotlhobogwe

      Pages 207-217

   4. The Shoe Show

      • Tony Lawler

      Pages 219-230

   5. With Head, Hand, and Heart

      • Terry Wilkinson, J. Lawrence Bencze

      Pages 231-243

   6. Introducing Ideas of a Circular Economy

      • James Pitt, Catherine Heinemeyer

      Pages 245-260

"This collection engages environmental, ethical and cultural values perspectives to show how Design and Technology (D&T) Education actively contributes to the significant educational goal of attaining sustainable global futures. An international collection of authors representing all levels of education articulate how D&T research, curriculum theory, policy, and classroom practices can synergise to contribute positively to the education of children for sustainable global futures. The book offers a spectrum of theorised curriculum positions, political and policy analysis, and case studies of successful school practice. A key word in the title is that of contribution which is construed in several senses: first, of D&T as a vehicle for understanding the range of political and social values that arise with such a major educational challenge; second, of D&T as an agent of critical and practical action for students as global citizens; third, by taking global and multiple perspectives (rather than, say, Western or mono-cultural positions); and, fourth, by demonstrating D&T’s capacities for working in holistic and integrative cross-curricular ways. The authors show how students can not only learn about their potential as humans-as-designers but can also develop designerly capacities that enable them to contribute meaningfully in practical ways to their communities and to wider society, that is, as global citizens who can apply design capability in ethical ways that are respectful of peoples, cultures and environments alike."

• design education
• environment
• ethics
• sustainable global futures
• technology education

• Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

  Kay Stables, Steve Keirl

Policies and ethics