Children, Place and Sustainability
Apr 2016 · Springer
Ebook
200
Pages
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About this ebook
Through focusing on children's sustainability learning this book examines how school education can address the current environmental problems. It explores children's responses in literacy and language, arts-based approaches, and indigenous studies as well as scientific pedagogies to provide a unique insight into how children learn.
About the author
Margaret Somerville is Director Centre for Educational Research at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include creative and alternative approaches to research and writing in relation to planetary sustainability. Previous publications include Water in a Dry Land: Place-Learning Through Art and Story.
Monica Green is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Federation University Australia. Her teaching and research interests are focused on place-based sustainability education. She has researched sustainability curriculum frameworks and pedagogies in primary school settings, emphasising the pedagogical capacity of school grounds, food gardens and local places.
Monica Green is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Federation University Australia. Her teaching and research interests are focused on place-based sustainability education. She has researched sustainability curriculum frameworks and pedagogies in primary school settings, emphasising the pedagogical capacity of school grounds, food gardens and local places.
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