| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
International explorations in outdoor and environmental education ; volume 11 |
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International explorations in outdoor and environmental education ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Framing: Young childrens 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 childrens 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 |
| Summary |
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. It questions how belonging to a small island and the childrens home influence learning in the early years of life. In doing so, this book offers new insights and new theoretical perspectives into intergenerational environmental learning in the school, family and beyond. Informed by consideration of the most recent literature in early childhood education and sustainability, this volume also looks at how these informal learning spaces provide young children with the opportunities to enhance further learning in the field, thus portraying the fluidity of intergenerational learning from different theoretical standpoints. It provides a deep insight into ECEfS and intergenerational learning about the environment and environmental issues in early childhood education from a perspective of a small island state by adopting a childrens rights perspective. It additionally explores the relationship between early childhood theories, childrens rights and postcolonial theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- Environmental aspects
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Sustainable development -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
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Environmental education.
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Environmental education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031231827 |
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3031231821 |
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