Understanding Environmental Education: From Theory to Practices in India

The book establishes the importance of environmental education by tracing its history and the developments that have taken place subsequently to date. It provides basic understanding about environmental education as well as valuable suggestions for its effective incorporation in the school curriculum. The strength of the book lies in its content as all major areas of environmental education have been addressed such as school curriculum, professional development, and policies, especially in the context of India, thus making it a unique and go-to resource for all stakeholders working in the field of environmental education. The well-balanced content will help readers appreciate the nature of environmental education and its distinctiveness from other subject disciplines as well as environmental studies and environmental science substantiated with several examples and illustrations. What is striking about the book is its proposed road map which is critical for successful implementation of environmental education in India with the launch of the National Education Policy 2020 and the subsequent introduction of new curriculum frameworks.

The book will be useful to students, preservice teachers, and teacher educators. It will also be of much value to in-service teachers, practitioners in different settings, teachers, policy makers, curriculum developers, and researchers in the field of environmental education.

Chong Shimray is a faculty member at the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi. She has come a long way to establish herself in the area of environmental education beginning her academic journey in 2006. Chong is also a two-time Fulbright-Nehru Fellow in the United States and a Chevening Research, Science and Innovation Leadership Fellowship (CRISP) Fellow, a program hosted by St Cross College in the United Kingdom.