Editors:
- Provides science teacher educators with models for incorporating education for sustainability into their practice
- Highlights the successes as well as the barriers to sustainability education
- Provides a global context for incorporating the education of science teachers for sustainability
- Includes up to date research findings on the science teacher education for sustainability
- Discusses the importance of teaching sustainability within the context of K-12 and at the university level for teacher preparation
Part of the book series: ASTE Series in Science Education (ASTE)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Preparing Science Teachers to Teach for Sustainability
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Science Teacher Education for Sustainability in Out-of-School Settings
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International Voices on Science Teacher Education for Sustainability
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About this book
This volume contains a unique compilation of research and reflections representing multiple vantage points stemming from different parts of the world that can help science educators and teacher educators in finding ways to meaningfully and purposefully embed sustainability into teaching and learning. It is a rich resource for exploring and contextualizing sustainability-oriented science education. At this time we find ourselves in a situation in which the earth’s ecological system is under significant strain as a result of human activity. In the developed world people are asking “How can we maintain our current standard of living?” while those in the developing world are asking “How can we increase the quality of our lives?” all while trying to do what is necessary to mitigate the environmental problems. This volume responds to these questions with a focus on educating for sustainability, including historical and philosophical analyses, and pedagogical and practical applications in the context of science teacher preparation. Included are many examples of ways to educate science teachers for sustainability from authors across the globe. This text argues that issues of sustainability are increasingly important to our natural world, built world, national and international economics and of course the political world. The ideas presented in the book provide examples for original, effective and necessary changes for envisioning educating science teachers for sustainability that will inform policy makers.
Keywords
- Climate change education
- Ecojustice
- Education for Sustainability
- Environmental education
- Ethnoscience
- Place based learning
- Science classroom
- Science education
- Science teacher education
- Science teacher preparation
- Science teacher training
- Sustainability Literacy
- Sustainability education
- Sustainable Development
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Childhood and Early Childhood Education, State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, USA
Susan K. Stratton
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Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, USA
Rita Hagevik
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Department of Teaching and Learning, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Allan Feldman
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Department of Biology, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, USA
Mark Bloom
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Educating Science Teachers for Sustainability
Editors: Susan K. Stratton, Rita Hagevik, Allan Feldman, Mark Bloom
Series Title: ASTE Series in Science Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16411-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16410-6Published: 26 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35980-9Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16411-3Published: 18 June 2015
Series ISSN: 2214-5435
Series E-ISSN: 2214-5443
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 478
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Science Education, Sustainable Development, Teaching and Teacher Education