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International Research on Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood

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Editors:
  1. John Siraj-Blatchford

    1. Institute of Education, University of Plymouth Institute of Education, Plymouth, United Kingdom

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  2. Cathy Mogharreban

    1. Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Southern Illinois University Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Carbondale, USA

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  3. Eunhye Park

    1. Department of Early Childhood Education , Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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  • Provides a critical review of international progress being made in developing ESDEC
  • Takes into account countries in Asia Pacific, Asia, Africa, South America, Europe and the USA
  • Provides and reviews a new research tool: the ERS-SDEC

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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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