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

Description

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 recent initiatives in school-based ESD curriculum development programmes in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The book concludes with an overview chapter that points to likely future developments. The assumption underpinning the book is that experiences gained in such a major country as China will be of real interest to geographical and environmental educationists, professional educators and teachers elsewhere. Not only will it generate interest and create greater awareness but also it is hoped that these experiences will provide a platform for scholarly exchange and contribute insights on education policy and curriculum changes across Asian-Pacific communities in an increasingly globalised world. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Environmental Education for Sustainability in Primary Schools in Chinese Communities....Pages 1-23 Dimensions of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development....Pages 25-52 Assessment and Evaluation....Pages 53-75 Education for Sustainable Development: Towards Whole School and Community Approaches....Pages 77-94 Leading Curriculum Change for Education for Sustainable Development in Schools....Pages 95-114 Education for Sustainable Development Projects and Curriculum Reform in China: The EEI and the EPD....Pages 115-135 Green Schools in China....Pages 137-156 The Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong....Pages 157-176 Case Studies from the Education for Sustainable Development Project in Hong Kong....Pages 177-193 Green Primary Schools in Hong Kong....Pages 195-212 The Greenschool Project in Taiwan....Pages 213-231 Progress Towards Education for Sustainable Development in Macao....Pages 233-256 Lessons Learned and Future Directions....Pages 257-280 Back Matter....Pages 281-285