Schooling for sustainable development in Europe : concepts, policies and educational experiences at the end of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development /: concepts, policies and educational experiences at the end of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rolf Jucker, Reiner Mathar, editors.
• Editors: Jucker, Rolf, 1963-; Mathar, Reiner
• Contents: Preface by the Series Editors; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Part I: General and Cross-National Issues; Chapter 1: Introduction: From a Single Project to a Systemic Approach to Sustainability-An Overview of Developments in Europe; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Part I; 1.3 Part II; 1.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: A Whole School Approach to Sustainable Development: Elements of Education for Sustainable Development and Students℗þ ... ; 2.1 The History of Environmental and Nature Education-A Success Story; 2.1.1 Tbilisi 1977-A Defining Milestone for EE and ESD. 2.1.2 Frame and Conditions of the SchoolLegal and Policy Framework; Buildings and Facilities; Human Resources; Background and Living Conditions of Students; Local and Social Integration of the School into the Community; Partnerships and Collaborations; 2.2 Other Aspects of School Development With the Main Focus on Sustainable Development; 2.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Quality Criteria for ESD Schools: Engaging Whole Schools in Education for Sustainable Development; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Eco-schools Survey℗þs Focus and Main Scenarios. 3.3 The Challenge of Evaluation in ESD: The Quality Criteria Proposal3.4 The Use of the Quality Criteria Booklet; 3.5 The Empowerment Perspective of ESD; 3.6 The Future for Quality Criteria for ESD Development; References; Chapter 4: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): A Critical Review of Concept, Potential and Risk; 4.1 In the Beginning Sustainable Development; 4.2 Sustainable Development, Learning, and ESD; 4.3 Change, Continuity and Critique; 4.4 Transformation, or Incremental Change?; 4.5 End Words; References. Chapter 5: Perspectives on ESD from a European Member of UNESCO℗þs High-Level Panel, with Particular Reference to Sweden5.1 Experiences of ESD in Sweden: Before Johannesburg; 5.2 Experiences Relevant to ESD in Sweden: After Johannesburg 2002; 5.3 Experiences Relevant to ESD in Sweden: Promotion of ESD in Sweden During the UN Decade; 5.3.1 ESD Activities in Sweden Have to Be Significantly Strengthened; 5.4 ESD Experiences as the European Member of UNESCO℗þs High-Level Group on ESD; 5.5 Experiences as the European Member of UNESCO℗þs High Level Panel on the Decade of ESD from Asian Countries. 5.6 ESD-As I Encountered It in Some European Countries5.6.1 On an Overall European Level; 5.7 Concluding Remarks and Recommendations; References; Chapter 6: Social Learning-Oriented Capacity-Building for Critical Transitions Towards Sustainability; 6.1 Introduction: The Rise, Meaning and Challenges of Social Learning in the Context of the DESD; 6.2 ESD and Multi-stakeholder Social Learning; 6.3 Contexts for Social Learning-Oriented ESD; 6.3.1 ESD as Social Learning at the Interface of School and Community: CoDeS.
• Publisher Details: Cham [Switzerland] : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 380 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 338.90071; Social sciences; Sustainable development -- Study and teaching -- Europe; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Sustainable development -- Study and teaching; Anthropology; Social Sciences; Anthropogeography & Human Ecology; Science -- Study & Teaching; Science -- Environmental Science; Teaching of a specific subject; Sustainability; Human Geography; Science_xStudy and teaching; Sustainable development; Social Science -- Human Geography; Human geography; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319095493; 3319095498; 9783319095486
• Related ISBNs: 331909548X; 9783319095486
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 20, 2014).
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