Asian Perspectives on Education for Sustainable Development

List of contents

Introduction: ‘Asian’ Perspectives on Education for Sustainable Development 1. Ethnic Tourism and the Big Song: Public Pedagogies and the Ambiguity of Environmental Discourse in Southwest China 2. Vernadsky meets Yulgok: A non-Western dialog on sustainability 3. Rethinking the Concept of Sustainability: Hiroshima as a subject of peace education 4. Educating the Heart and the Mind: Conceptualizing inclusive pedagogy for sustainable development 5. No-Self, Natural Sustainability and Education for Sustainable Development 6. Harmonizing ecological sustainability and higher education development: Wisdom from Chinese ancient education philosophy

About the author

Liz Jackson is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre at the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She is also the President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia. She is the author of Muslims and Islam in U.S. Education: Reconsidering Multiculturalism (2014) and Questioning Allegiance: Resituating Civic Education (2019). She is currently working on a third book entitled Against Virtue: The Politics of Educating Emotions.

Summary

This book critically considers what various Asian philosophies can contribute to a more substantive discourse on sustainability education and educational philosophy. The chapters were originally published in Educational Philosophy and Theory.

Product details

• Authors: Liz Jackson, Liz (The Education University of Hong Kon Jackson, Liz (The University of Hong Kong Jackson, Liz (The University of Hong Kong) Jackson
• Assisted by: Liz Jackson (Editor), Jackson Liz (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780367359232
• ISBN: 978-0-367-35923-2
• No. of pages: 104
• Series: Educational Philosophy and Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, EDUCATION / General, Asia, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Regional Studies, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies