I am particularly interested in exploring how to engage young children in sustainability issues?
How can we maximize their learning of ESD issues? How can we create such a learning space?
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Caiman, C., & Lundegård, I. (2014). Pre-school children’s agency in learning for sustainable development. Environmental Education Research, 20(4), 437-459.
Hedefalk, M., Almqvist, J., & Östman, L. (2014). Education for sustainable development in early childhood education: a review of the research literature. Environmental Education Research, (ahead-of-print), 1-16.
Cutter-Mackenzie, A., & Edwards, S. (2013). Toward a model for early childhood environmental education: Foregrounding, developing, and connecting knowledge through play-based learning. The Journal of Environmental Education, 44(3), 195-213.
Stagell, U., Almers, E., Askerlund, P., & Apelqvist, M. (2014). What Kind of Actions are Appropriate? Eco-School Teachers' and Instructors' Ranking of Sustainability-Promoting Actions as Content in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 4(2).
Mannion, G., Mattu, L., & Wilson, M. (2015). Teaching, learning, and play in the outdoors: a survey of school and pre-school provision in Scotland.
Scott, W. (2015). Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): A Critical Review of Concept, Potential and Risk. In Schooling for Sustainable Development in Europe (pp. 47-70). Springer International Publishing.
Stevenson, R. B., Ferreira, J. A., & Davis, J. (2015). Beyond Science Education: Embedding Sustainability in Teacher Education Systems. In Educating Science Teachers for Sustainability (pp. 381-398). Springer International Publishing.
Here's what's available on RG:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicliterature.PublicLiterature.search.html?type=keyword&search-keyword=education+for+sustainable+development+for+6-8%2F9+years+children&search-abstract=&search=Search
Best regards,
Debra
Dear Debra,
You are such a wonderful person. Thank you so much!
The most basic issue is not about merely teaching sustainability. That, of course, is quite important to our world. However, the context in which sustainability is taught is crucial. If that context is within the common and current "crazy random" culture, children are already "swimming upstream", against the tide of Big Corporate's dark river of planetary despoiling and destruction. In the context of a Wisdom Culture, however, it's a very different story. The basic textbook would then likely be, THE FIRST THREE STAGES OF LIFE. As such, children would learn to love all beings, to respect and honor and feel all beings as a unity, as already one with them, as family.
We adults must create that Wisdom Culture for the sake of all children. We can at least begin by studying that text. This, then, is where it starts.
Dear Leonard,
Thank you for your sounding comment. I agree on the importance of context when we talk about sustainability. since it is a context sensitive concept. It seems that children's of today are immersed in a culture where consumerism and commercialization are driving and controlling their life. On the other hand, we are promoting children as agents of change towards a sustainable life. We are talking about their capacity to be part of the endeavor towards a sustainable future. Are children at stake? I would be happy to hear your reflection on this. It would be great to hear more about the notion of wisdom culture too.
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