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- Probes the gap between the transnational Education for Sustainable Development policy and pedagogic practice in India
- Develops principles and methods for Education for Sustainable Development grounded on critical pedagogy and the development of argumentation skills
- Offers original empirical analysis of curricula, syllabi, textbooks and teaching practices on the topic of water conflicts in Indian geography education
- Explores opportunities for innovation and paradigm change in classroom teaching and water education towards Education for Sustainable Development
- Contributes to the emerging body of qualitative educational geography research on sustainable development through an interdisciplinary synthesis between cultural geography, geography education and the sociology of education
Part of the book series: Education for Sustainability (EDFSU)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book explores how the transnational Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) policy is being translated into formal school education in India. Stephanie Leder investigates the ESD’s transformative potential for pedagogic practice and builds a set of principles for how the global objectives of the ESD can be interpreted in diverse socio-cultural contexts. Her approach for transformative pedagogic practice emphasizes the promotion of a critical consciousness through argumentation skills. Using the case of water conflicts in geography education in India, the book reveals the contradictions between ESD objectives and curricula, syllabi, textbooks and classroom teaching at secondary schools in Pune, Maharashtra. Leder’s approach demonstrates how principles of schooling can be altered towards learner-centered, problem-posing and network-thinking teaching approaches to empower students towards reflective decision-making on the sustainable use of natural resources.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Stephanie Leder
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transformative Pedagogic Practice
Book Subtitle: Education for Sustainable Development and Water Conflicts in Indian Geography Education
Authors: Stephanie Leder
Series Title: Education for Sustainability
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2369-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2368-3Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2369-0Published: 08 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2367-1769
Series E-ISSN: 2367-1777
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 308
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental and Sustainability Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Policy and Politics