Education for sustainable development: challenges, strategies and practices in a globalizing world

"Education for Sustainable Development" is an emerging field that is being addressed from transdisciplinary and transinstitutional perspectives, forging links between academic and non-academic institutions. It explores sustainable development as a process that embraces environmental issues, poverty, health, security, democracy, gender and human rights. This collection provides multipleperspectives regarding the possibility of creating sustainable education practices that are integrated into and relevant to the needs and practices on a global scale. It also focuses on the failure of traditional education to addressthe problems of globalization. The articles conceive sustainable development education as focusing on the holistic development of the body and mind, encompassing a wide range of issues. This idea is also central to the Gandhian tradition of life knowledge and Nai Talim (New Education). The uniqueness of this compilation is in the multiple perspectives it provides, establishing workable links between local communities, governments, and international organizations that would enable sustainable human development. It is a rich reference resource for those working in the fields of education, economics, and development studies. INDICE: Introduction - Anastasia Nikolopoulou, Farid Mirbagheri and TaishaAbraham PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION AND THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION Caste, Exclusion and Marginalized Poverty - Sukhadeo Thorat Dalit Deprivation in India Education in a Globalizing Era - Anita Ghai Implications for Disabled Girls PART TWO: FROM RIO TO INDIGENOUS CULTURAL RESOURCES: EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Education for Sustainable Development - Michael J Scoullos The Concept and Its Connection to Tolerance and Democracy Education for Sustainable Tribal Development - Archana Prasad Premodern Indigenous Practitioners' Dilemmas in a Postmodern Globalized World - Janet Chawla PART THREE: EMPOWERING THE HUMAN CAPITAL: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES IN INDIA Market, Deprivation and Education inthe Age of Globalization - Ravi Kumar Literacy Instruction in Indian Schools - Shobha Sinha Empowering Pedagogy - Sadhna Saxena Potentials and Limitations Squaring National Pride with Tolerance - Narayani Gupta A Lesson for School Textbooks Indian School Texbooks - Teesta Setalvad PART FOUR: ETHICAL PATHS TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP Global Ethical Options in the Framework of Development-Gandhian Perspectives - Neelakanta Radhakrishnan Reconciling Identity and Citizenship - M Satish Kumar A Case for Moral Cosmopolitanism in a Divided World Islam and Liberal Peace - Farid Mirbagheri.

• ISBN: 978-81-321-0293-9
• Editorial: Sage Publications
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés