Environmental education in China / Gerald A. McBeath [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McBeath, Gerald A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental education--China.

Environmental education.

Environmental sciences--Study and teaching--China.

Environmental sciences.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited : Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

China's environmental problems increasingly attract global attention, yet critics often overlook the sizable efforts of the Chinese people and government to change attitudes and behavior, in order to improve environmental outcomes. This much-needed book provides a comprehensive introduction to environmental education in China. After consideration of the environment in Chinese philosophy, the authors focus on application of directives and new guidelines to compulsory, secondary and college education, and also analyze the way in which teachers are trained. They then examine conditioning factors,

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Authors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction to China's environmental education project; 2. Confucianism as an environmental ethic; 3. Environmental education in China's primary and middle schools; 4. The environment in post-secondary education and the 'green university' in China; 5. Environmental education in China's training of teachers; 6. The media and environmental education; 7. Non-state actors (NSAs) and environmental education; 8. Environmental education variation in China

9. Measuring changes in environmental consciousness, knowledge and behavior10. Environmental education differences in greater China; 11. Conclusions; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-85793-350-7