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Learning to Embed Sustainability in Teacher Education

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Authors:
  1. Jo-Anne Ferreira

    1. Southern Cross University, Bilinga, Australia

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  2. Neus (Snowy) Evans

    1. James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

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  3. Julie M. Davis

    1. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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  4. Robert (Bob) Stevenson

    1. James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

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  • Offers a model for change in teacher education to help embed education for sustainability
  • Includes real-world case studies to illustrate concepts and change processes introduced throughout the book
  • Provides a practical guide to using a systems change approach for teacher education academics

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introducing Our Systems Change Initiative

    • Jo-Anne Ferreira, Julie M. Davis
    Pages 1-6

  3. Teacher Education and Education for Sustainability

    • Neus (Snowy) Evans
    Pages 7-21

  4. The Embedding Change Model

    • Jo-Anne Ferreira
    Pages 23-30

  5. Exemplars of the Embedding Change Model in Practice

    • Julie M. Davis, Juliet Davis
    Pages 31-46

  6. Using the Embedding Change Model

    • Jo-Anne Ferreira
    Pages 47-60

  7. What We Have Achieved and Learnt

    • Jo-Anne Ferreira, Julie M. Davis, Neus (Snowy) Evans, Robert (Bob) Stevenson
    Pages 61-65

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 67-68
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About this book

This book offers an accessible guide to understanding the importance of a systems approach to embedding sustainability into teacher education practice, providing a practical resource for teacher education academics and others with an interest in organisational change. It draws principally on the findings of a 12-year research project in Australia, working directly with academics and their teacher education institutions to ensure that sustainability and education for sustainability are embedded in teacher education courses. Illustrating the need for change in teacher education in the context of education for sustainability, the book discusses the theory underpinning and practical application of a system-based change model. It also offers examples of how the model has been used in practice and shows education academics how to implement change within their own organizations and use the ideas and tools presented to advance sustainability in their discipline areas.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Southern Cross University, Bilinga, Australia

    Jo-Anne Ferreira

  • James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

    Neus (Snowy) Evans, Robert (Bob) Stevenson

  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Julie M. Davis

About the authors

Assoc. Professor Jo-Anne Ferreira is Director of the Centre for Teaching & Learning and Academic Director, SCU Online at Southern Cross University, Bilinga, Australia. Her research focuses on online education and the sociology of education with a special interest in post-structuralist theories of identity, embodiment and power; in systems-based change; and in environmental and sustainability education.

Dr Neus (Snowy) Evans is a Senior Lecturer in Education at James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, where she is coordinator of the Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary) program. Her research interests include socio-ecological resilience and sustainability education in schools and initial teacher education; teacher professional practice; and pedagogy and place; with a particular interest in the intersection between teacher professional practice and sustainability theory, policy and practice.

Prof. Julie Davis is an Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. A world leader in early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS), with over 100 publications, she was sole-editor of the first textbook on young children’s learning and EfS for early childhood initial teacher education students, translated into Korean and Chinese. She also co-edited the first research text on ECEfS, which problematizes ECEfS theory and practice, also translated into Korean.

Prof. Bob Stevenson is an Adjunct Professor at James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, and was previously Tropical Research Leader (EfS) at The Cairns Institute, and Director of the Centre for Sustainability Education. He was lead editor of the International Handbook of Research in Environmental Education and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Education. His scholarly interests include theory-policy-practice relationships in environmental and sustainability education; leadership and teacher professional development; and potential spaces and approaches to engage youth in deep thinking about and acting on socio-ecological issues.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Learning to Embed Sustainability in Teacher Education

  • Authors: Jo-Anne Ferreira, Neus (Snowy) Evans, Julie M. Davis, Robert (Bob) Stevenson

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9536-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9535-2Published: 08 July 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-9536-9Published: 29 June 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 68

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Environmental and Sustainability Education, Educational Policy and Politics

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