Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) in the English-Speaking Caribbean (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ferguson, Therese; Bramwell-Lalor, Sharon

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers readers a diversity of perspectives, experiences and practical examples from various facets of Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) that can propel practice, further research and inform decision-making in the region, thus making for more cogent and effective ESE.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040296615
• Artikelnr.: 72251959

Autorenporträt

Therese Ferguson, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the School of Education (SOE) at The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus, Jamaica). She serves as Coordinator of the SOE's ESD Working Group, and Programme Leader for Change from Within, a school-based initiative in Jamaica that addresses violence. Sharon Bramwell-Lalor, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the Mona Campus of The University of the West Indies. Her primary instructional areas are Science Education and Environmental Education. She is a member of the Education for Sustainable Development Working Group at the School.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Promoting environmental and sustainability education in the
Caribbean: research imperatives to inform practice 1. An investigation of
environmental awareness and practice among a sample of undergraduate
students in Belize 2. Linking environmental knowledge, attitude, and
behavior with place: a case study for strategic environmental education
planning in Saint Lucia 3. Using school-based assessments to advance the
integration of sustainable development competences by capitalising on the
practice of teaching to the test 4. Uncovering environmental and
sustainability education themes in Caribbean secondary education
certificate (CSEC) English literature 5. The arts in environmental
education: connecting learners with their talents and nature 6.
Sustainable learning and some counterculture values in Jamaica: a
Rastafarian spiritual ethos to ESD 7. In pursuit of a sustainable future
for Jamaica: values, critical consciousness, and the pre-service teacher
8. Teaching as a work of heart. Why teaching teachers to care is important
in ESD work in Jamaica 9. ESD progress, problems and prospects in the
English-speaking Caribbean: Some perspectives from the field