Schooling for sustainable development in chinese communities: experience with younger children

This book focuses on the academic foundations, trends and traditions of environmental education for sustainable development principally in Chinese contexts. It highlights contexts and case studies that illuminate recent Chinese initiatives. It includes case studies of green schools and reports on recent initiatives in school-based ESD curriculum development programmes in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The book concludes with an overview chapter that points to likely future developments. The assumption underpinning the book is that experiences gained in such a major country as China will be of real interest to geographical and environmental educationists, professional educators and teachers elsewhere. Not only will it generate interest and create greater awareness but also it is hoped that these experiences will provide a platform for scholarly exchange and contribute insights on education policy and curriculum changes across Asian-Pacific communities in an increasingly globalised world. Cross-cultural discussions that embrace Western and Eastern perspectives and practices The location of Chinese experience with young learners in the global discourses of sustainability Expert authorship drawn from a number of Chinese communities INDICE: Contributing Authors.- Preface and Acknowledgement.- Chapter 1: Environmental Education for Sustainability in Primary Schools in Chinese communities.- Chapter 2: Dimensions of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 3: Assessment and Evaluation.- Chapter 4: Education for Sustainable Development: Towards Whol eSchool and Community Approaches.- Chapter 5: Leading Curriculum Change for Education for Sustainable Development in Schools.- Chapter 6: Education for Sustainable Development Projects andCurriculum Reform in China: the EEI and the EDP.- Chapter 7: Green Schools inChina.- Chapter 8: The Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hing Kong.- Chapter 9: Case Studies from the Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong.- Chapter 10: Green Primary Schools in Hong Kong.- Chapter 11: The Greenschool Project in Taiwan.- Chapter 12: Progress towards Education for Sustainable Development in Macao.- Chapter 13: Lessons Learned and Future Directions.- Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9685-3
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés