- 296 pages
- English
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About this book
Overall Winner, SAGT (Scottish Association of Geography Teachers) Awards 2022
Winner, Global Dimension Teachers' Choice Award 2023
Shortlisted, BERA Educational Research Book of the Year 2023
Highly Commended, GA (Geographical Association) Publisher's Awards 2023 Sustainability Education: A Classroom Guide provides an accessible, in-depth guide and critique of sustainability education for school and university students, teachers, curriculum makers and school governors working around the world with children aged 3- to 14-years old. Informed by research findings and learning theory, it provides a progressive framework for sustainability education spanning all subject areas and applicable in a wide range of settings. There are over 180 age-related teaching ideas on topics such as conservation, health, food, wildlife, climate change, social justice and sustainable living, as well as provocative questions designed to stimulate educational debate. Written by two highly experienced UK-based educators, it draws together specially commissioned contributions from Australia, Israel, Norway, South Africa, the UK and the USA. Key concepts and links to the UN Global Goals (SDGs), are highlighted throughout. A companion website offers an extensive toolkit of specially prepared PowerPoint presentations and details of over 100 lectures, reports, picture books, websites and classroom and INSET teaching resources.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for Sustainability Education
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Exploring Sustainability
- 1 Sustainability: A Hybrid Concept
- 2 Sustainability, Prosperity and Well-being
- 3 Towards a More Sustainable Future
- Part II Sustainability Education
- 4 Teaching About Sustainability
- 5 Curriculum Organization and Management
- Part III Areas of Study
- 6 Earth in Space Stephen Scoffham
- 7 Life on Land Patty Born and Stephen Scoffham
- 8 A Watery Planet Sharon Witt and Helen Clarke
- 9 Weather and Climate Elena Lengthorn
- 10 Food and Farming Ingrid Schudel
- 11 Jobs, Transport and Energy Richard Hatwood, Stephen Scoffham and Steve Rawlinson
- 12 The Global Village Natasha Ziebell and Stephen Scoffham
- 13 Special Places Paula Owens
- 14 Citizenship and Democracy Hilde Tørnby
- 15 Pollution and Resources Yocheved Yorkovsky and Stephen Scoffham
- 16 Unequal World Ben Ballin
- 17 Sustainable Living Stephen Scoffham
- Part IV Implementation
- 18 Designing Your Sustainability Curriculum
- 19 Sustainability Education in Action
- Glossary
- Bibliography (Not including children’s books)
- Index