Overview
- Expert authorship from several South American countries
- Includes authoritative presentations by directors of influential recent projects
- Balances case study details and more general national and regional discussions
Part of the book series: Schooling for Sustainable Development (SSDE, volume 2)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Schooling for Sustainable Development in South America
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Front Matter
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Schooling for Sustainable Development in Brazil
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Trends and Challenges of Educational Provision for Sustainable Development
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Climate patterns
- Coastal erosion
- Colombia
- Conservation of natural environment
- Deforestation
- Deserts
- Digital literacy
- Early childhood education
- Electronic waste
- Environmental future
- Environmental problems
- Fire
- Floods
- Geopolitical environmental manegement
- Higher Education
- Mountainous regions
- Paulo Tapajos
- Rainforests
- South America
- Urbanization
- Venezuela
- Virtual environments
About this book
This book supplies both empirical evidence and scholarly analysis that exemplify successful innovation in South America in the field of sustainability education. Examining the issues from a three-fold perspective, of national policy, regional planning and grassroots projects in schools and communities, the volume offers a comprehensive overview of the contemporary situation in Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela. It provides case studies as detailed illustrations of the recipe for success as well as to inform researchers and practitioners of the kinds of obstacles and challenges they might face in seeking to manifest sustainability.
A good deal of the research and scholarly studies in the field of education for sustainability and sustainable development is underpinned by ‘Western’ norms and culture. This book draws on that literature, yet also teases out features in the case studies that are particular to the region. South America itself encompasses a rich variety of natural and cultural environments—within individual nations as much as continent-wide. This diversity is a recurring theme in the book.
The volume’s three sections provide first a general survey, enriched with material from studies conducted in a number of different polities. The second section covers developments in Brazil, South America’s largest nation and one that exhibits many of the features of education for sustainability found across the continent. Part three sets out and explores future trends. As with other books in the Schooling for Sustainable Development series, this volume will add impetus to scholarly exchange as well as contributing insights on education policy and curriculum changes across South American communities that exist in an increasingly globalized world.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Schooling for Sustainable Development in South America
Book Subtitle: Policies, Actions and Educational Experiences
Editors: Maria Lucia de Amorim Soares, Leandro Petarnella
Series Title: Schooling for Sustainable Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1754-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1753-4Published: 24 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3738-9Published: 27 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1754-1Published: 24 August 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 236
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Sustainable Development