Sustainability Education for Children and Young People - Educating for the Environmental Crisis

List of contents

Foreword
Introduction: Sustainability: The critical role of educators
Part 1: The environmental crisis - why it matters to everyone
Chapter 1: What is the environmental crisis and why does it matter?
Part 2: Pedagogies of hope
Chapter 2: Eco-anxiety: A positive response
Chapter 3: Climate migration and displacement: A children's rights perspective
Chapter 4: Head, Heart and Hands: Reimagining holistic education
Chapter 5: Engaging with uncertainty: a practical philosophical approach
Chapter 6: Embedding sustainability in the Early Years curriculum: The Curiosity Approach and its foundations in the work of education pioneers
Chapter 7: Sustainability and food: A social justice perspective
Chapter 8: Nature Connectedness and the Common Third within the primary curriculum - Exploring sustainability through a cross-curricular approach
Part 3: Leadership for positive change
Chapter 9: Mobilising Campus Communities for Climate Action: Student-Led Initiatives and Collaborative Approaches in Universities Worldwide.
Chapter 10: Sustainability leadership: A praxis of hope
Chapter 11: Leadership by adaptation: A collaborative approach
Chapter 12: Hope for the future: Communities, children and young people as leaders
Conclusion

About the author

Nicola Watson has taught in the early years, primary and higher education sectors for over twenty years, and most recently at the University of Worcester.
Elena Lengthorn is a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Worcester, UK, where she leads the PGCE Geography programme and Education for Sustainable Futures Special Interest Group and Chairs the Sustainability Forum.
Carla Solvason is a Senior Lecturer in the Department for Children and Families, University of Worcester, UK, where she leads the Social Pedagogy Research Group.
Geoffrey Elliott is Professor of Post¿Compulsory Education at the University of Worcester, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola (University of Worcester Watson
• Assisted by: Geoffrey Elliott (Editor), Elena Lengthorn (Editor), Solvason Carla (Editor), Nicola Watson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032828947
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3282894-7
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Sustainability, EDUCATION / General, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Medicine, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Social Work, Organization & management of education, teacher training, Secondary Schools, Educational administration and organization, Adult education, continuous learning, Primary & middle schools, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Primary and middle schools, Medicine and Nursing, Educational: Environmental science