Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1799844021 ISBN 13: 9781799844020

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2020

Synopsis

The profound changes that we are experiencing at the political, environmental, economic, social, and cultural levels of our "postmodern" society pose immense challenges to education. In order to empower students to analyze, reflect, and take action for a sustainable world, the learning and educational process must be experienced in the context of citizenship; that is, it must be designed, planned, and implemented having global sustainability as a framework, thus developing societal awareness, values, and principles. Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship is an essential research book that provides comprehensive research on education as a fundamental factor in empowering citizens to understand and act on the multiple risks and challenges to the sustainability of our society and world. Highlighting a range of critical learning strategies such as global and critical education, development education, and transformational education, among others, this book is ideal for academicians, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1799844021
• ISBN 13: 9781799844020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 383
• Editor: Saúde Sandra, Raposo Maria Albertina, Pereira Nuno