International Research on Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood Care and Education: An Introduction

   • John Siraj-Blatchford, Ingrid Pramling-Samuelsson

   Pages 1-15

3. The OMEP ESD Research and Development Project

   • John Siraj-Blatchford

   Pages 17-28

4. Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development in Chile

   • Selma Simonstein

   Pages 29-41

5. Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development in China

   • Xin Zhou, Zhanlan Liu, Chunhong Han, Guangheng Wang

   Pages 43-57

6. Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development in Kenya

   • Mercy Macharia, Njeri Kimani

   Pages 59-76

7. Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development in Korea

   • Eunhye Park, Eunsoo Shin, Seenyoung Park

   Pages 77-89

8. Education for Sustainable Development in Norway

   • Marianne Presthus Heggen

   Pages 91-102

9. Education for Sustainable Development in Portugal

   • Assunção Folque, Vitor Oliveira

   Pages 103-122

10. Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development in Sweden

    • Anne Kultti, Jonna Larsson, Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér, Ingrid Pramling-Samuelsson

    Pages 123-137

11. Education for Sustainable Development in Turkey

    • Gelengül Haktanır, Tülin Güler, Deniz Kahriman Öztürk

    Pages 139-153

12. Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development in the UK

    • John Siraj-Blatchford

    Pages 155-171

13. Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development in the USA

    • Cathy Mogharreban, Shannon Green

    Pages 173-192

14. Towards a Research Programme for Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development

    • John Siraj-Blatchford

    Pages 193-210

15. Back Matter

    Pages 211-214

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This book offers a perspective on Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood (ESDEC) that is far removed from the ‘business as usual’ notion of an extended, predominantly environmental, educational curriculum for preschools. It presents a vision of sustainable development that has relevance to Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) from birth to school; it is relevant as much to homes, family support and health settings as it is to educational settings, and is as much concerned with health and wellbeing as with education. The book provides a perspective that is fundamentally embedded in notions of interdependency. It places an emphasis upon the importance of recognising the interdependency of peoples within and between nation states; the ecological interdependencies of the natural world; of humanity and nature; and most significantly the interdependency of adults and children. These emphases have their origins in the grassroots studies included in the ten chapters representing countries from around the world. The book reflects the idea that only global solutions and initiatives are capable of addressing the global challenges of climate change, environmental pollution, and global threats to ecological systems and biodiversity.

• sustainable development in early childhood education
• preschool
• pre-service training
• kindergarten
• sustainable development
• water sanitation and hygiene WASH
• environmental education
• education for equality
• economics education
• inequality
• resilience
• poverty
• social justice

• Institute of Education, University of Plymouth Institute of Education, Plymouth, United Kingdom

  John Siraj-Blatchford

• Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Southern Illinois University Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Carbondale, USA

  Cathy Mogharreban

• Department of Early Childhood Education , Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

  Eunhye Park

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