Participation and learning : perspectives on education and the environment, health and sustainability / Alan Reid ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reid, Alan (Alan D.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Participation.

Environmental education.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xxi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Springer, [2008]

Summary:

This ground-breaking collection brings together a diverse range of perspectives on the philosophy, design and experience of participatory approaches within education and the environment, health and sustainability. Chapters address participatory work with children, youth and adults in both formal and non-formal settings. Authors combine reflections on experience, models and case studies of participatory education with commentary on key debates and issues. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students with interests in learning, research and key concepts in environmental education, health education, and education for sustainable development, and professionals and practitioners engaged in planning and evaluation.

Contents:

Participation and learning: developing perspectives on education and the environment, health and sustainability / Alan Reid [et al.]

Stepping back from 'The ladder': reflections on a model of participatory work with children / Roger A. Hart

Differentiating and evaluating conceptions and examples of participation in environment-related learning / Alan Reid and Jutta Nikel

Learning in and as participation: a cast study from health-promoting schools/ Venka Simovska

Environmental learning and categories of interest: exploring modes of participation and learning in a conservation NGO / William Scott and Stephen Gough

Participation and the ecology of environmental awareness and action / Louise Chawla

Participation, situated culture, and practical reason / Heila Lotz-Sisitka and Rob O'Donoghue

From practice to theory: participation as learning in the context of sustainable development projects / Paul Vare

Participation and sustainable development: the role and challenges of mediating agents / jeppe Læssøe

Mental ownership and participation for innovation in environmental education and education for sustainable development / Søren Breiting

Participation, education, and democracy: implications for environmental education, health education, and education for sustainable development / Karsten Schnack

What comes before participation? Searching for meaning in teachers' constructions of participatory learning in environmental education / Paul Hart

Participatory pedagogy in environmental education: reproduction or disruption? / Mary J. Barrett

Elusive participation: methodological challenges in researching teaching and participatory learning in environmental education / Paul Hart

Student participation in school ground greening initiatives in Canada: reflections on research design decisions and key findings / Janet E. Dyment

Researching praticipation using critical discourse analysis / Debbie Heck

Youth participation in local environmental action: an avenue for science and civic learning? / Tania M. Schusler and Marianne E. Krasny

A clash of worlds: children talking about their community experience in relation to the school curriculum / Robert Barratt and Elisabeth Barratt Hacking

Sustainability education, whole school approaches, and communities of action / Tony Shallcross and John Robinson

School councils as an arena for pupils' participation in collaborative environmental education projects / Monica Carlsson and Dawn Sanders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781402064159

1402064152

OCLC:

166358133