Sustainability and Teacher Education in India
eBook - ePub

Sustainability and Teacher Education in India

Meaning and Importance

  1. 146 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sustainability and Teacher Education in India

Meaning and Importance

About this book

This book provides an understanding of the importance of embedding and integrating the concept of sustainability into teacher education in India. It focuses on training teachers and educators towards achieving the principles of education for sustainability.

The volume discusses the role of sustainability and its principles, in terms of its environmental, social, and economic dimensions in the professional development of teachers in the education system. It explains how teacher education is essential for introducing Education for Sustainable Development in school curriculums. It also highlights the role of sustainability in education for teachers in promoting environmentally responsible citizenship. While discussing the importance of training in-service and pre-service teachers to prepare them to implement such practices, it elucidates the meaning and significance of the National Curriculum Framework and its relationship with teacher education.

This book will be of interest to teachers, students, and researchers of education, especially of teacher education, school education and education for sustainability. It will also be useful for academicians, educationalists, policymakers, teacher training institutes, and those preparing for competitive exams.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. List of Textboxes
  10. Foreword
  11. Preface
  12. Abbreviations
  13. Executive Summary
  14. 1 Sustainability: Conceptual Framework
  15. 2 Teacher Education in India: Historical Development
  16. 3 In-Service Training Programme
  17. 4 National Curriculum Framework and Teacher Education
  18. 5 Summary and Concluding Remarks
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index