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Sustainability Education

A Classroom Guide
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Sustainability Education: A Classroom Guide offers a comprehensive, research-informed framework for teaching sustainability to children aged 3 to 14. Written by experienced UK educators Dr Stephen Scoffham and Steve Rawlinson, it covers diverse topics such as conservation, climate change, social justice and sustainable living. Featuring over 180 age-specific teaching ideas and contributions from international experts, it links key concepts to the UN Global Goals. A companion website provides further resources including PowerPoint presentations and extensive teaching materials.
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Ideal for teachers, curriculum developers, school governors, researchers, and education students focused on sustainability education for children aged 3-14.

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Overall Winner, SAGT (Scottish Association of Geography Teachers) Awards 2022
Winner, Global Dimension Teachers’ Choice Award 2023
Shortlisted, BERA Educational Research Book of the Year 2023
Highly Commended, GA (Geographical Association) Publisher’s Awards 2023

Sustainability Education: A Classroom Guide provides an accessible, in-depth guide and critique of sustainability education for school and university students, teachers, curriculum makers, and school governors working around the world with children aged 3 to 14 years old. Informed by research findings and learning theory, it offers a progressive framework for sustainability education spanning all subject areas and applicable in a wide range of settings.

There are over 180 age-related teaching ideas on topics such as conservation, health, food, wildlife, climate change, social justice, and sustainable living, as well as provocative questions designed to stimulate educational debate. Written by two highly experienced UK-based educators, it draws together specially commissioned contributions from Australia, Israel, Norway, South Africa, the UK, and the USA. Key concepts and links to the UN Global Goals (SDGs) are highlighted throughout.

A companion website offers an extensive toolkit of specially prepared PowerPoint presentations and details of over 100 lectures, reports, picture books, websites, and classroom and INSET teaching resources.

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The book is acclaimed for being highly relevant and important, praised for its comprehensive, accessible guidance on embedding sustainability across the primary curriculum. Reviewers highlight its thoughtful activities, case studies and clarity on sustainability education, making it a treasured resource for educators. It is lauded as an original and engaging key textbook for both practitioners and students, winning multiple educational awards.

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ISBN: 9781350262072

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 40 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 595g

Pages: 296

About the Author

Stephen Scoffham is Visiting Reader in Sustainability and Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK and was President of the UK Geographical Association (2018-19).

Steve Rawlinson is Chair of the Primary Geography Editorial Board and was President of the Geographical Association (2015-16). For many years he worked as an Initial Teacher Education Tutor at Northumbria University, UK.

Contributors: Ben Ballin (Educational Consultant, UK) | Patty Born (Hamline University, USA) | Helen Clarke (Independent Scholar, @attention2place, UK) | Richard Hatwood (Denbighshire County Council, UK) | Elena Lengthorn (University of Worcester, UK) | Paula Owens (Educational Consultant, UK) | Hilde Tornby (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) | Sharon Witt (Independent Scholar, @attention2place, UK) | Yocheved Yorkovsky (Gordon College of Education, Israel) | Natasha Ziebell (University of Melbourne, Australia)

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