Children and sustainable development : ecological education in a globalized world /: ecological education in a globalized world. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Antonio M. Battro, Pierre Léna, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Joachim von Braun, editors.
• Editors: Battro, Antonio M; Léna, Pierre, 1937-; Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo; Von Braun, Joachim, 1950-
• Contents: Preface; Word of Opening; Presentation of the Workshop; Contents; Environment, Climate and Education; 1 Educating Children to Bend the Curve: For a Stable Climate, Sustainable Nature and Sustainable Humanity; Abstract; 1.1 How Did We Get Here?; 1.2 What Do We Need to Do?; 1.3 Educating Children: Cultivating a Critical Eye and a Hopeful Heart; 1.4 What Do the Educators Need to Know?; 1.5 Cross Cultural Ways to Educate the Children: The Use of Metaphors?; 1.6 Metaphor is Needed for Inclusion and Unity; 1.7 Metaphors for Education; 1.8 Developing a Hopeful Heart: What is Agency? 1.9 How Do We Prepare the Young to Be Agents of Change?1.10 Moving Forward; References; 2 Children as Agents of Change for Sustainable Development; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Concept of Childhood and of Children's Agency; 2.2.1 Defining the Concept's Elements; 2.2.1.1 Ethical, Religious, and Historical Perspectives; 2.2.1.2 Conceptual Framework; 2.3 Promising Examples for Children as Agents of Change for Sustainability; 2.4 Fostering Children's Agency Through ICT; 2.5 Implications for Education Policy and Sustainability Actions; References. 3 Notes on Child Labor and Education: A Personal StatementAbstract; References; 4 Scholas Citizenship; Abstract; 4.1 What We Do; 4.1.1 Issues Selection; 4.1.2 Immersion Week; 4.2 Why We Do What We Do?; 4.2.1 Why Do Students Select the Issues They Are Going to Work with?; 4.2.2 Why Do Students Work on Concrete Projects?; 4.2.3 Why Do We Encourage Sports, Arts, and Play?; References; 5 Learning, Literacy and Sustainable Development: Inclusion, Vulnerability and the SDGs; Abstract; 5.1 Commitments to Education and Development; 5.1.1 Learning and Literacy; 5.2 Globalization. 5.2.1 Historical Background5.2.2 Demographic Change; 5.2.3 Migration; 5.3 Climate and Environmental Change; 5.3.1 Background; 5.3.2 Climate Prognosis; 5.3.3 Types and Timing of Sustainability; 5.4 Literacy, Schooling and Sustainability; 5.4.1 Literacy and Environmental Literacy; 5.4.2 Complex Thinking; 5.4.3 Risk Reduction; 5.5 Vulnerability and Sustainability; 5.5.1 Vulnerability and the Poor; 5.5.2 Literacy, Agriculture and Sustainability; 5.5.3 Literacy, Health and Sustainability; 5.6 Implications for the SDG Era; 5.7 Conclusions and Recommendations; References. 6 Educating Students to Sustainability: The Experience of "La main à la pâte"6.1 Introduction: Sustainability: A Recent Concern; 6.2 Sustainable Development: What Is It?; 6.3 Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Why and How?; 6.3.1 A Controversial Approach; 6.3.2 Importance of Interdisciplinarity; 6.3.3 Importance of the School Environment; 6.4 The Specific Contribution of Science Education to ESD; 6.4.1 Less Emotion, More Reason!; 6.4.2 Inquiry-Based Science Education (ISBE): What Is-It?; 6.5 "La main à la pâte" Experience in ESD.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (426 pages), color illustrations, photograph
• Subjects: 305.23091724; Education; Environmental education; Sustainable development; Children; Science_xStudy and teaching; Poverty; Religion and sociology; EDUCATION -- Essays; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION -- Reference; Children; Climatic changes; Education; Poverty; Religion and sociology; Science -- Study and teaching; Sustainable development; Well-being; Science -- Environmental Science; Social Science -- Poverty & Homelessness; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Social Science -- Children's Studies; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Sustainability; Development studies; Religious issues & debates; Child welfare; The environment; Science -- Study & Teaching; Teaching of a specific subject; Education; Science Education; Sustainable Development; Poverty, Aid and Development; Religion and Society; Child Well-being; Climate Change Management and Policy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319471309; 9783319471303
• Related ISBNs: 3319471295; 9783319471297
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.