Environmental Education for Sustainability in Primary Schools in Chinese Communities

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Chi-Kin Lee ◽  
Michael Williams
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Education For Sustainability

scholarly journals Visual Social Publications in the Newspapers of Greek Primary Schools: A Semiotic Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Lina P. Valsamidou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
School Life ◽  
Social Content ◽  
Research Material ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Messages

In the present study we investigate, record and discuss icons with asocial content, their type, their signifieds and ideological significations,wishing to extract useful conclusions regarding the use of icons in schoolnewspapers as vehicles of social messages. The research material comprises intotal 252 images with a social content found in the columns of schoolnewspapers, whereas the collection of the sample was based on the study of 64school newspaper issues coming from 32 titles of primary school newspapers fromall over Greece that were published in 2004-2006. All in all, it appears that social iconic publications create theeditors’ vivid interest, as they find their way mostly in the inside pages ofnewspapers. The analysis of the icons as to their signifieds places emphasis onthe dominant ideological forms: the signifieds of historic anniversaries,school life and environmental education come before the others, which in turnsuggests the dominant ideological trends, history-school-environment/ecology:a triptych that emerges through the social-iconic choices of those involved inpublishing school newspapers.Keywords: visual social publications, schoolnewspapers, semiotic analysis, students-journalists

scholarly journals Una evaluación crítica de una experiencia de Educación Ambiental para la Sustentabilidad en el nivel educativo básico en Nuevo León, México

2014 ◽  
pp. 184-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mtra. Astrid Patricia De León Rodríguez ◽  
Dr. José María Infante Bonfiglio
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Education ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Nuevo Leon ◽  
Nuevo León ◽  
Educación Primaria

Este trabajo es el resultado de una investigación sobre los mecanismos que pueden ayudar a comprender el uso y la incorporación de los conceptos y las acciones correspondientes a la introducción de la sustentabilidad y educación ambiental dentro de la educación formal en el nivel básico en Nuevo León. El estudio de caso abarca tres instituciones educativas de nivel básico: el Instituto Nezaldi, la Escuela primaria Vicente Guerrero y el Colegio San Patricio. Se toman en cuenta dos corrientes de la sustentabilidad, la naturalsita y la conservacionista, que determinan el enfoque de la Educación Ambiental para la Sustentabilidad en nuestro estado, tanto en teoría como en práctica. También una descripción de políticas públicas educativas, programas y  planes relacionados a la sustentabilidad que existen en la actualidad para la educación primaria en Nuevo León, así como las acciones que se ligan para construir una sociedad sustentable a través de la educación. AbstractThis research is a summary of the implementation of concepts and activities that are related to sustainability and environmental education inside the formal education of Nuevo León. It is a case study, that include three institutions of elementary education level; Instituto Nezaldi, Escuela Vicente Guerrero and Colegio San Patricio. There are also consider two main sustainability theories, naturalist and conservationist that determine the main focus of the Environmental Education for Sustainability in Nuevo León according to theoretical and practice aspects. It is also consider a description of public policies, education policies, sustainable programs that nowadays are available for elementary level students in Nuevo León, as well as all kind of actions that are involved for a sustainable society through education.Recibido: 25 de agosto de 2013Aceptado: 14 de mayo de 2014 

Environmental education in primary schools: a case study with plastic resources and recycling

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 652-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie Wing Mui So ◽  
Stephen Cheuk Fai Chow
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary Schools

Re-examining the Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in the Western Environmental Education for Sustainability: “From Tribal to Mainstream Education”

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doreen Vikashni Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Mainstream Education ◽  
Indigenous Perspectives ◽  
British Colombia

Abstract This paper highlights the importance of integrating indigenous perspectives on environmental sustainability into mainstream education as a way of bridging the gap in the understanding of indigenous knowledge systems into Western science explanations of sustainable development (SD) in education, at the same time ensuring traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) continuity for future generations as well as taking a steady stand in the global debates on SD. The first part of the paper will attempt to explore the issue of SD through Western and indigenous perspectives and will emphasise on the model of strong sustainability (in theory). Secondly, the importance of TEK will be examined and justified through case studies on Aboriginal peoples of British Colombia and Roviana people of Solomon Islands in achieving goals of sustainability. Thirdly, challenges for TEK will be investigated and some possibilities of protecting the rapid disappearance of indigenous knowledge will be dealt with. Lastly, a pedagogical approach to sustainability will be provided that postulates the relevance of indigenous pedagogy to formal and informal education, attempting to integrate Tilburyís (1995) characteristics of environmental education for sustainability.

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