Schooling for sustainable development in Canada and the United States
Education for sustainable development (ESD) presents an intriguing challenge in developed countries. The very notion of sustainable development may appear to be at cross-purposes with the social and political aims of large industrial economies. Yet, arguably, the residents of wealthy countries may b...
| Other Authors: | McKeown, Rosalyn., Nolet, Victor., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
©2013.
Dordrecht ; New York : [2013] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxiii, 342 pages). |
| Series: |
Schooling for sustainable development ;
v. 4. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1.
- Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States
- Education for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States /
- Rosalyn McKeown and Victor Nolet
- Education for Sustainable Development in Formal Education in Canada /
- Charles Hopkins
- Education for Sustainability in the K-12 Educational System of the United States /
- Noah Weeth Feinstein and Ginny Carlton.
- Part 2.
- Teacher Education
- Teacher Education and ESD in the United States: The Vision, Challenges, and Implementation /
- Victor Nolet
- Preservice Teaching and Pedagogies of Transformation /
- Don Dippo.
- Part 3.
- School Systems
- Sustainability and Education Academy (SEdA) /
- Gerry Connelly
- Education for Sustainable Development in Manitoba: A Provincial-Wide Approach /
- Carolee Buckler and Anne MacDiarmid
- Integrating Education for Sustainability into the K-12 System: A Model from Washington State /
- Gilda Wheeler
- Teaching and Learning Toward a Sustainable Future: The Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes /
- Jen Cirillo and Anne Tewksbury-Frye
- Dearness Environmental Society and the Sudbury Schools /
- Eric Foster.
- Part 4.
- Reorienting Curriculum to Address Sustainability
- Ecological Economics Education /
- Susan Santone
- Social Studies and Sustainability: A Global Competency Framework /
- Margaret S. Crocco, Anand R. Marri and Thomas Chandler
- Infusing Sustainability Across the Curriculum /
- Wendy Church and Laura Skelton.
- Part 5.
- Nonformal Education Serving Formal Education
- Zoos and Aquariums and Their Role in Education for Sustainability in Schools /
- Joe E. Heimlich, Vicki Connelly Searles and Allyson Atkins
- Teaching Sustainability Through a 24/7 Residential Experiential Learning Experience /
- Ken Voorhis
- Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: Advancing the Sustainability Agenda /
- Nancy Lynn McGee.
- Part 6.
- Higher Education
- Working with Institutions of Higher Education /
- Paul Rowland
- Warren Wilson College: Modeling Sustainability Through a Triad of Education /
- Catherine Reid
- York University: Sustainability Leadership and Challenges at a Large Post-secondary Institution /
- Jennifer Foster.
- Part 7.
- The Practitioner's Voice
- Both Sides Now: Music for Teaching and Learning Is Powerful, Useful, and Effective /
- Joyce Johnson Rouse
- The Gladstone School District: On the Road to Education for Sustainability /
- Susan Olds and Brad Kuntz
- A Canadian School Experience /
- Curt Belton
- The Hopeful Art: Teaching Sustainable Economics /
- Cynthia A. Wood.