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International Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Environmental Education: A Reader (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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International Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Environmental Education: A Reader (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Series: Environmental Discourses in Science Education, 3
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The present book shares critical perspectives on the
conceptualization, implementation, discourses, policies, and
alternative practices of environmental education (EE) for diverse
and unique groups of learners in a variety of international
educational settings. Each contribution offers insights on the
authors' own processes of re-imagining an education in/about/for
the environment that are realized through their teaching, research
and other ways of "doing" EE. Overall, environmental education has
been aimed at giving people a wider appreciation of the diversity
of cultural and environmental systems around them as well as the
urge to overcome existing problems. In this context, universities,
schools, and community-based organizations struggle to promote
sustainable environmental education practices geared toward the
development of ecologically literate citizens in light of
surmountable challenges of hyperconsumerism, environmental
depletion and socioeconomic inequality. The extent that individuals
within educational systems are expected to effectively respond
to-as well as benefit from-a "greener" and more just world becomes
paramount with the vision and analysis of different successes and
challenges embodied by EE efforts worldwide. This book fosters
conversations amongst researchers, teacher educators,
schoolteachers, and community leaders in order to promote new
international collaborations around current and potential forms of
environmental education. This book reflects many successful
international projects and perspectives on the theory and praxis of
environmental education. An eclectic mix of international scholars
challenge environmental educators to engage issues of
reconciliation of correspondences and difference across regions. In
their own ways, authors stimulate critical conversations that seem
pivotal for necessary re-imaginings of research and pedagogy across
the grain of cultural and ecological realities, systematic barriers
and reconceptualizations of environmental education. The book is
most encouraging in that it works to expand the creative commons
for progress in teaching, researching and doing environmental
education in desperate times. - Paul Hart, Professor of Science and
Environmental Education at the University of Regina (Canada),
Melanson Award for outstanding contributions to environmental and
outdoor education (Saskatchewan Outdoor and Environmental Education
Association) and North American Association for Environmental
Education (NAAEE)'s Jeske Award for Leadership and Service to the
Field of EE and Outstanding Contributions to Research in EE. In an
attempt to overcome simplistic and fragmented views of doing
Environmental Education in both formal and informal settings, the
collected authors from several countries/continents present a
wealth of cultural, social, political, artistic, pedagogical, and
ethical perspectives that enrich our vision on the theoretical and
practical foundations of the field. A remarkable book that I
suggest all environmental educators, teacher educators, policy and
curricular writers read and present to their students in order to
foster dialogue around innovative ways of experiencing an education
about/in/for the environment. - Rute Monteiro, Professor of Science
Education, Universidade do Algarve/ University of Algarve
(Portugal).
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