Schooling for Sustainable Development in Chinese Communities Experience with Younger Children /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Williams, Michael. (Editor), Lee, John Chi-Kin. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Schooling for Sustainable Development ; 1
• Subjects: Education.; Environmental sciences.; Social sciences.; International and Comparative Education.; Environment, general.; Social Sciences, general.; Education (general).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9686-0

This book focuses on the academic foundations, trends and traditions of environmental education for sustainable development principally in Chinese contexts. It highlights contexts and case studies that illuminate recent Chinese initiatives. It includes case studies of green schools and reports on re...

Table of Contents:

• Contributing Authors
• Preface and Acknowledgement
• Chapter 1: Environmental Education for Sustainability in Primary Schools in Chinese communities
• Chapter 2: Dimensions of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development
• Chapter 3: Assessment and Evaluation
• Chapter 4: Education for Sustainable Development: Towards Whol eSchool and Community Approaches
• Chapter 5: Leading Curriculum Change for Education for Sustainable Development in Schools
• Chapter 6: Education for Sustainable Development Projects and Curriculum Reform in China: the EEI and the EDP
• Chapter 7: Green Schools in China
• Chapter 8: The Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hing Kong
• Chapter 9: Case Studies from the Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong
• Chapter 10: Green Primary Schools in Hong Kong
• Chapter 11: The Greenschool Project in Taiwan
• Chapter 12: Progress towards Education for Sustainable Development in Macao
• Chapter 13: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
• Index.