Promoting Transformative Practices for Sustainability in Early - Cultivating Critical, Participatory and Emancipatory Approaches

Offering a fresh perspective on sustainability in the realm of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), this book invites educators, policymakers, and researchers to rethink how young children's engagement with sustainability extends beyond nature experiences, promoting a richer, multi-dimensional understanding.

List of contents

Introduction
Fabio Dovigo and ¿ule Al¿c¿
Part I: Innovative Methodologies in ECEfS
1. Snapshots of Critical Participatory Action Research Based on Undergraduate Research Experience Projects
¿ule Al¿c¿
2. Facilitating a Paradigm Shift in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability through Participatory Design of Outdoor Spaces in Kindergartens
Fabio Dovigo
3. Whole Centre Approaches in ECEfS: Time for Transformative Leadership and Change
Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér and Sue Elliott
Part II: Evaluating ECEfS Practices through Children's Rights, Agency, and Well-Being
4. Are You a Bird Rescuer?
Ingrid Engdahl, Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson & Susanna Fors
5. Sustainability, Well-Being and Praxis with Children and Students
Nicky Hirst, Aisling Culshaw, Heather J. Ray, Ange Garden
6. Absent and Present Places: Perspectives on Childhood, Nature, and Society in Danish Early Childhood Education for Sustainability
Nanna Jordt Jørgensen, Mia Husted & Katrine Dahl Madsen

Conclusion
¿ule Al¿c¿ and Fabio Dovigo

About the author

Fabio Dovigo is a Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at L'Aquila University, Italy.
¿ule Al¿c¿ is an Associate Professor in the Elementary and Early Childhood Education Department at Kirsehir Ahi Evran University, Turkey.

Product details

• Authors: Fabio (University of L''''aquila Dovigo
• Assisted by: Sule Alici (Editor), Fabio Dovigo (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032798462
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279846-2
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Towards an Ethical Praxis in Early Childhood
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, Pre-school & kindergarten, Early childhood care and education, Pre-school and kindergarten, Counselling and care of students, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary