Early childhood education : the natural starting point for environmental education


Autoria(s): Davis, Julie M.
Data(s)

01/05/2011

Resumo

Young children are most vulnerable to, and most at risk from, environmental and sustainability challenges. Early education investments aimed at addressing such issues, until recently however, have been neglected or under-rated. Fortunately, this is changing. A groundswell of practitioner interest in early childhood environmental education/ education for sustainability is emerging, in contrast to the ‘patches of green’ that have characterised previous decades. Indeed, an international coalition for early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) is beginning to develop, evidenced by The Gothenburg Recommendations on Education for Sustainable Development (2008) that identifies early childhood, within a framework of lifelong learning, as a ‘natural starting point’ for all ongoing education for sustainability. This document is important as it is the first international statement to explicitly identify ECEfS as contributing to education for sustainability. The next challenge for ECEfS is for practitioner mobilisation to be matched by research activity aimed at broadening and deepening practice-based responses. This is the next exciting frontier in the legitimisation of ECEfS.

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application/pdf

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/45715/

Publicador

Sage Reference

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/45715/1/45715.pdf

http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book233876

Davis, Julie M. (2011) Early childhood education : the natural starting point for environmental education. In Green Education an A-Z Guide. Sage Reference, Los Angles, USA, pp. 115-117.

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Copyright 2011 Please consult the author.

Fonte

Office of Education Research; Faculty of Education; School of Early Childhood

Palavras-Chave #050203 Environmental Education and Extension #130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori) #early childhood education #preschool education #young children #education for sustainability #education for sustainable development #early childhood environmental education
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Book Chapter