CEPNEWS

CEPNEWS
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1996
Genre: Environmental policy
ISBN:

Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship

Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship
Author: Saúde, Sandra
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 179984403X

The profound changes that we are experiencing at the political, environmental, economic, social, and cultural levels of our “postmodern” society pose immense challenges to education. In order to empower students to analyze, reflect, and take action for a sustainable world, the learning and educational process must be experienced in the context of citizenship; that is, it must be designed, planned, and implemented having global sustainability as a framework, thus developing societal awareness, values, and principles. Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship is an essential research book that provides comprehensive research on education as a fundamental factor in empowering citizens to understand and act on the multiple risks and challenges to the sustainability of our society and world. Highlighting a range of critical learning strategies such as global and critical education, development education, and transformational education, among others, this book is ideal for academicians, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.

Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education

Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
Author: Frank Adamson
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2021-05-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1839106034

This insightful book analyses the process of the first adoption of guiding human rights principles for education, the Abidjan Principles. It explains the development of the Abidjan Principles, including their articulation of the right to education, the state obligation to provide quality public education, and the role of private actors in education.