Education for sustainability in early childhood education: sustainability transformation through collaboration

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Kemp, N. and Bolshaw, P. 2020. Education for sustainability in early childhood education: sustainability transformation through collaboration. in: Prioritizing Sustainability Education: A Comprehensive Approach Abingdon Routledge. pp. 161-175
AuthorsKemp, N. and Bolshaw, P.
Abstract

Kemp and Bolshaw present a newly validated Masters module in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability as a case study of sustainability education in practice. Postgraduate students and their tutors developed individual action research projects which contributed to one of four student-generated categories: Awareness Raising, Development of Resources, Change to Setting Environment, and Issue-based Interventions. Analysis of these projects highlights the importance of foregrounding educational purpose and of prioritizing participation in sustainability education both for early childhood students and the children and families they work with

KeywordsSustainability; Early childhood education; Education
Page range161-175
Year2020
Book titlePrioritizing Sustainability Education: A Comprehensive Approach
Book authorsArmon, J., Scoffham, S. and Armon, C.
PublisherRoutledge
Output statusPublished
Place of publicationAbingdon
ISBN9780367076436
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Print01 Jan 2020
Publication process dates
Accepted02 Aug 2019
Deposited13 Feb 2020
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