Full Description
The book offers a distinctive blend of topics geared toward advancing environmental education in South Asian countries. By introducing the current environmental challenges and the integration of environmental education in the national curricula of select South Asian countries, it illuminates how teachers might often overlook the impact of their own environmental beliefs and values that significantly shape their pedagogy and classroom engagement.
This book emphasizes a strong environmental philosophy, essential for teaching what is meaningful, reflective, and transformative. Spanning a wide array of contemporary topics—ecosystems, biodiversity, tree plantation, air pollution, population, and climate change -- the book aims to support richer, more informed, and effective classroom discussions. It also offers activities and projects tailored to each theme, promoting experiential learning. Additionally, the book outlines ways to strengthen students' environmental literacy through informal and non-formal education, including nature-based experiences, advocacy efforts, and scientific and technological innovation.
The book will be useful to pre-service and in-service teachers, teacher educators, and curriculum developers. It will also be of much value to practitioners, policymakers, and researchers in environmental education.
Contents
About the book Preface PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 1. Environmental Education in the School Curriculum in South Asia 2. Greening the Curriculum 3. Teachers' Philosophy about the Environment—The Fulcrum for Environmental Education 4. Hyping the Act of Doing PART II: KEY ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS
5. The Place of Humankind in the Ecosystem 6. Situating Biodiversity in the School Curriculum 7. Tree Plantation—Going Beyond the Fad, Festivity and Formality 8. Air Pollution—Towards a Solution 9. Beyond Numbers—Rethinking Population Growth and Sustainability 10. Revitalizing Climate Change Education PART III: GOING BEYOND THE CURRICULUM 11. Environmental Education Beyond the School Curriculum 12. Children Need Nature—Let Them Out! 13. Navigating Environmental Advocacy Through the Lens of Environmental Education 14. Scientific and Technological Innovations for the Environment
