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Whole School Approaches to Sustainability

Education Renewal in Times of Distress
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In response to urgent global sustainability challenges, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education have been prioritized in the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 under SDG 4.7. There is a growing awareness that treating concepts such as global citizenship, sustainable development, climate urgency, and health and well-being as separate subjects or topics to be added to a curriculum is ineffective as they are highly interconnected. Additionally, this approach is problematic as schools already have an overcrowded curriculum. This edited volume brings together a range of scholars and reflective practitioners from across the globe who are investigating and enacting a whole school approach (WSA) in education for sustainability. While the WSA and related approaches, such as those advocated by EcoSchools, are becoming more popular, there is a lack of understanding of their underlying principles and the different manifestations in diverging socio-cultural contexts at different educational levels. This collection of chapters provides a deeper understanding of the WSA, while also addressing its effectiveness, possibilities for upscaling, professional development needs for WSA practitioners, interlinkages with more conventional curriculum requirements, expectations of students and parents, and more. This is an open access book.

Author Biography:

Arjen Wals is a Professor of Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability at Wageningen University where he also holds the UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development. Furthermore, he is a Guest Professor at the Norwegian University for the Life Sciences (NMBU). He holds an Honorary Doctorate from Gothenburg University in Sweden.  Birgitte Bjønness is an associate professor in science education at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Her research interests include sustainability education, health and wellbeing in schools, inquiry-based learning, and action research in education. Astrid Sinnes is a professor in science education and vice rector for sustainability at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Her expertise is on sustainability transitions in education. Ingrid Eikeland holds a Ph.D. in science centre education based on the dissemination of controversies. The last four years she has managed the university–school partnership at the Norwegian University of Life Science.   
Release date Australia
August 3rd, 2024
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by Arjen Wals
  • Edited by Astrid Sinnes
  • Edited by Birgitte Bjønness
  • Edited by Ingrid Eikeland
Illustrations
23 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; X, 340 p. 24 illus., 23 illus. in color.
Pages
369
ISBN-13
9783031561719
Product ID
38635653

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