Educating for Sustainability in a Small Island Nation

Voices from Early Childhood Education

AvJane Spiteri

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del 11 i serien International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education

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Beskrivning

This volume problematizes the intentions of early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) from two new perspectives – the context of small island states and the bi-directional, intergenerational learning about the environment and sustainability that takes place in a variety of contexts, including the family home and school.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-01-20
Mått:155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:626 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education
Antal sidor:250
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031231810

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Jane Spiteri is a lecturer in the Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education (Faculty of Education), at the University of Malta. She has worked as an educator for two and a half decades, gaining experience across primary, secondary and higher education, and as a researcher. Jane is committed to working in collaboration with other academics from a range of disciplines to strengthen environmental education, particularly in early childhood education. Her work investigates: early childhood education for sustainability; environmental education, outdoor learning, and gifted and talented education. Recently, she has been awarded the OMEP New Scholar Award for her research in early childhood education for sustainability.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Framing: Young children’s environmental interests.- Chapter 2. Colonialism, small island states and sustainability.- Chapter 3. Education and sustainability: Debates, tensions and possibilities in practice, policy and research.- Chapter 4. Early childhood education for what? The Maltese education system, the environment and sustainability.- Chapter 5. Listening to stories that matter.- Chapter 6. Malta and its environment: Stories told by children.- Chapter 7. Young children and the environment: Visions of nature.- Chapter 8. Young children and environmental sustainability: An emerging relationship.- Chapter 9. Contextual, cultural or what? Influences on children’s environmental perceptions.- Chapter 10. Intergenerational learning: Environmental literacy in the family and beyond.- Chapter 11. Early childhood education for sustainability in the postcolonial era – Knowledge, identity, power and voice of early childhood teachers.- Chapter 12.Bringing the stories together: The way forward.