Overview
- This book provides a first of its kind insight into Environmental and Sustainability Education policy practice conundrums in an emerging economy like India
- It spearheades numerous policy initiatives
- It looks at how national and international policy reforms reach practitioners – in this case teacher educators
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Building the Stories
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Unfolding the Personal Stories: About Self
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Unfolding the Professional Stories: About External Factors/Impacts/Bearings
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Making Sense of the Stories: Need for Reform
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Bringing the Stories Together: Traditions Nurture Futures
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About this book
This volume examines the policy practice conundrum. It looks at how national and international policy reforms reach practitioners – in this case teacher educators. Furthermore, it unravels how teacher educators understand environmental education, the ways in which they negotiate its demands on their busy schedules, what helps them in determining relevant issues within this and finally how they implement these policies in their everyday practices.
It is evident from this book that while there have been some really well meaning development of policies, their impact on teacher educators’ practice, and therefore student teachers’ learning about Environmental Education is limited. The study showed that while these teacher educators had a clear understanding of the environment and saw the need/importance of incorporating Environmental Education in their daily practices they had very little scope to do so. There were numerous factors that constrained implementation.
The book provides inputs on global policy practice gaps. It offers valuable insights to a global audience grappling with understanding the ways in which environmental education policies are put into practice in emerging economies like India. The final argument is thesis that while policy reforms are a step in the right direction they need to be backed up with strong implementation systems in order to be successful."<
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Education in a Climate of Reform
Book Subtitle: Understanding Teacher Educators’ Perspectives
Authors: Sylvia Christine Almeida
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-217-2
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-217-2Published: 29 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: CCXIV, 6
Topics: Education, general