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Educating for sustainability : principles and practices for teachers
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- Creator
- Victor Nolet
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780415720335, 0415720338, 9780415720342, 9781315867052, 1317962567, 1315867052, 0415720346, 9781317962564
- OCLC
- ocn907184832, ocn918941263
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- A Popular but Complex Idea -- Education for Sustainability -- A Sustainability Worldview -- Teaching for Sustainability -- Learning for Sustainability -- References -- SECTION I Principles of Education for Sustainability -- 2. The Future, Ready or Not -- Dawn of the Anthropocene -- The Great Acceleration -- Planetary Boundaries -- A Safe and Just Space for Humanity -- Learning to Live Within the Doughnut -- References -- 3. Education for Sustainability -- Origins of Sustainability -- Sustainable Development Goals -- Contemporary Notions of Sustainability -- Education for Sustainability -- References -- 4. Developing a Sustainability Worldview -- A Sustainability Worldview -- A Constellation of Big Ideas -- Equity and Justice -- Peace and Collaboration -- Universal Responsibility -- Health and Resiliency -- Respect for Limits -- Connecting With Nature -- Local to Global -- Interconnectedness -- References
- Note continued: SECTION II Fostering a Sustainability Worldview -- 5. Teaching for Sustainability -- Clarifying the Purposes of Educating for Sustainability -- The Professional Knowledge Domain Associated With Teaching for Sustainability -- Competencies That Support Teaching for Sustainability -- Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Curriculum Standards -- References -- 6. Learning That Supports a Sustainability Worldview -- Adaptive Expertise -- Positive Future Orientation -- Learning and Values -- References -- 7. Powerful Pedagogies -- Collaborative Small-Group Learning -- Inquiry-Based Learning -- Experiential Learning -- Service Learning -- Place-Based Learning -- References -- SECTION III Learning and Thinking for Sustainability -- 8. Critical Thinking and Decision Making -- Critical Thinking -- Helping Learners Become Better Critical Thinkers -- Decision Making -- The Psychology of Decision Making -- Practices That Promote Effective Decision Making for Sustainability
- Note continued: References -- 9. Systems Thinking -- What Is a System? -- System Dynamics and Feedback -- Helping Learners Use Systems Thinking -- Indicators and Footprints -- References -- 10. Happiness and Well-Being -- What Exactly Is Well-Being? -- Subjective Well-Being -- The Well-Being -- Sustainability Connection -- Positive Education Practices That Support the Development of a Sustainability Worldview -- Strengths-Based Approaches -- Sustainable Happiness -- Mindfulness