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2014, 249 x 176 mm, 352 pp 9781107636347 | Paperback (also available as an eBook)
2015, 249 x 176 mm, 327 pp 9781107548701 | Paperback (also available as an eBook)
Young Children and the Environment
Science for Children
Early Education for Sustainability Second Edition
Marilyn Fleer, Monash University
Edited by Julie Davis, Queensland University of Technology This second edition has been substantially revised and updated. It includes a new section exploring sustainability education in a variety of global contexts, researched and written by authors recognised as leaders in their own countries. It remains accessibly written with ample case studies, vignettes and ‘Provocations’ to engage readers. Contents Part I. 1.What is early childhood education for sustainability and why does it matter? 2. Children in the natural world. 3. Leadership for creating cultures of sustainability. 4. Practical possibilities and pedagogical approaches for early childhood education for sustainability: the Kenmore West story. 5. Ethics and pedagogy at the heart of early childhood education for sustainability. 6. Reconciliation and early childhood education for sustainability: broadening the environmental paradigm. 7. The world is getting flatter: ICT and education for sustainability in the early years. 8. Healthy and sustainable environments for children and communities. 9. Food first: beginning steps toward children’s sustainable education. 10. Early learning for sustainability through the arts. 11. The children’s environment project: developing a transformative project approach with children in a kindergarten. Part II. 12. Caring for oneself, others and the environment: EfS in Swedish preschools. 13. Beyond traditional nature-based activities to education for sustainability: a case study from Japan. 14. Education for sustainable development in early childhood in Korea. 15. Early childhood education for sustainability in the United Kingdom. 16. Using research and a systems approach to mainstream change in early childhood education for sustainability.
Designed to prepare future educators for practice, Science for Children challenges students and offers practical classroom-based strategies for their science teaching careers. It presents a wealth of science content across the birth-to-twelve-years continuum, demonstrating how science can come alive in the classroom.
Contents Part I. Research Foundation for Developing a Personal Approach to Teaching Science 1. Science as a human endeavour 2. Researching children’s understanding and ways of learning Part II. Transmission and Discovery Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Science 3. A transmission approach to teaching science 4. A discovery–based approach to learning science Part III. Inquiry-Based Approaches 5. Inquiry-based approach to teaching science 6. Inquiry-based approach to learning science 7. Teaching for conceptual change: constructivism Part IV. Inclusive Constructions of Knowledge across and within Communities and Cultures 8. Conceptual play and contextual and conceptual intersubjectivity: cultural–historical approaches to learning science 9. Culturally sensitive teaching: sustainability and relatedness in our ecosystems Part V. Leadership in Science 10. Becoming a leader of science: situating yourself
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