The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)
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The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)

About this book

At a time when wild places everywhere are vanishing before our eyes, Charles Saylan and Daniel T. Blumstein offer this passionate indictment of environmental education—along with a new vision for the future. Writing for general readers and educators alike, Saylan and Blumstein boldly argue that education today has failed to reach its potential in fighting climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. In this forward-looking book, they assess the current political climate, including the No Child Left Behind Act, a disaster for environmental education, and discuss how education can stimulate action—including decreasing consumption and demand, developing sustainable food and energy sources, and addressing poverty. Their multidisciplinary perspective encompasses such approaches as school gardens, using school buildings as teaching tools, and the greening of schoolyards. Arguing for a paradigm shift in the way we view education as a whole, The Failure of Environmental Education demonstrates how our education system can create new levels of awareness and work toward a sustainable future.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1: The Problem(s)
  7. Chapter 2: Foundations
  8. Chapter 3: What Went Wrong
  9. Chapter 4: Accountability and Institutional Mind-Set
  10. Chapter 5: The Needs of Environmentally Active Citizens
  11. Chapter 6: Between Awareness and Action
  12. Chapter 7: A Political Primer
  13. Chapter 8: Consumption, Conservation, and Change
  14. Chapter 9: An Evolving Metric
  15. Chapter 10: And How We Can Fix It
  16. Appendix: Greening Schools for Alternative Education
  17. Notes
  18. Selected Bibliography
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. Index