This book explores how education can be used as a tool to promote sustainability practices as the world faces huge challenges related to climate change and public health. The chapters consider all types of literacy approaches that fall under the umbrella of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). These approaches include scientific literacy, ecological literacy, health literacy, education on climate change and climate resilience, environmental education and others linking education, global health, and the environment more broadly. “Education” is used in the widest sense to incorporate non-formal, informal and formal/school settings. This volume will help to bring these interconnected areas together and interrogate their research methods, assumptions, field-based application and their policy potential. Taking a critical approach to ESD, the book suggests new pedagogies, tools, and technologies to strengthen the way we educate about sustainability issues and go beyond the current thinking about ESD. The book includes a foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, USA.
Foreword, Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University, USA) Introduction: Education for Sustainable Development as a Field 1. The Status of Education for the Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, Radhika Iyengar (Columbia University, USA) and Ozge Karadag Caman (Columbia University, USA) Part I: Key Approaches/Tools for Education for Sustainable Development and Environmental Education 2. Citizen-Science to Educate and Empower a Community Exposed to a Toxicant: A Case Study Concerning Well-water Fluoride in Alirajpur District of Madhya Pradesh, India, Radhika Iyengar, Lex van Geen, Charlotte Marie Munson, (Columbia University, USA) 3. Lifelong Learning for All: Lessons from the Columbia Climate School, Cassie Xu (Columbia University, USA) 4. Spaces for Youth Perspectives through Communication and Arts for Education for Sustainable Development, Haein Shin (Columbia University, USA) 5. Action for A Sustainable Future: The Key Role of Civic Education, Tara Stafford Ocansey (Columbia University, USA) 6. Building Child-Focused Community Resilience Utilizing A Community-based, Multi-modal Educational Approach, Jeffrey Schlegelmilch and Jonathan Sury (Columbia University, USA) 7. Building Cross-Sectoral Education Programs for Sustainable Development: Design and Challenges, Niyati Malhotra & Yanis Ben Amor (Columbia University, USA) 8. GIS and Storytelling for Sustainable Development Education, Ismini Ethridge (Columbia University, USA) Part II: Documenting Gaps, Scaling-up and Policy Linkages towards Shaping Education for the Future 9. Building Capacity for Geospatial Data-Driven Education Planning, Tara Stafford Ocansey, Emilie Schnarr, Anela Layugan, Annie Werner (Columbia University, USA) 10. Embedding Climate Science Research into Policy and Practice: IRI’s Climate Services Academies Approach, Mélody Braun, Zain Alabweh, Ashley Curtis, Tufa Dinku, John Furlow, Ezequiel González Camaño, Carmen Gonzalez Romero, Amanda Grossi, Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Ángel Muñoz (Columbia University, USA) Part III: Conclusion 11. Forwarding the agenda on Sustainable Development, Radhika Iyengar (Columbia University, USA) and Ozge Karadag Caman (Columbia University, USA) References Index
Radhika Iyengar is Research Scholar in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA. Ozge Karadag Caman is Research Scholar in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA.
Reviews for Rethinking Education for Sustainable Development: Research, Policy and Practice
This overarching goal of meaningfully invoking an intersectoral approach to studying Education for Sustainable Development permeates this volume from beginning to end! The diverse collective of authors across the field make this a must-read for practitioners, researchers and policymakers who aim to make meaningful steps forward in ESD work! * Matthew A Witenstein, Assistant Professor, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, US * [T]his book is not only inspiring but also helpful to leaders making bold decisions for the future. This book is recommended reading for those who seek to be inspired by the transformative potential of education and are ready to build confidence in global collaborative agency for a sustainable future. -- Anna Mogren, Karlstad University, Sweden * International Review of Education *
