Papa, Rosemary

Saiti, Anna

Building for a Sustainable Future in Our Schools.

Brick by Brick.

Cham

2017

978-3-319-12402-5

978-3-319-12403-2

63903

63904

Introduction
This book explores how educators can transform improvements from the dynamic process of teaching into far-reaching, sustainable reforms that can secure a more prosperous future for students and the world they inhabit. It establishes the role of leadership in educational sustainability and highlights methods of creating sustainable educational reforms. The authors emphasize the importance of implementing ethical and moral values in teaching sustainable practices, and discuss the critical relationship between the classroom and the local community and policies protecting planet earth. Furthermore, through the inclusion of research and case studies drawn from countries across the world, this valuable resource demonstrates how transformational leadership practices can contribute to a culture of sustainability in all classrooms, pre-K through university.

Among the topics covered:
- Social Capital Dimensions: Social Justice, Morality, and the Common Good
- Classroom and Community Partners: The Ethics and Morality Inherent in Sustainable Practices
- Developing a Culture for Sustainability in Educational Organisations and in Partnerships, i.e., Across Disciplines and Communities
- Understanding Leadership Practices in a Sustainable School Model: A Case Study from Turkey

Educators, education researchers, and policymakers in education will find Building for a Sustainable Future in Our Schools: Brick by Brick to be a useful tool in understanding the critical role of education in sustainable development encouraging complementary relationships between humans and our earth.

Social Capital and Economics of Sustainability
Pages 1-1

Social Capital Dimensions: Social Justice, Morality, and the Common Good
Anna Saiti
Pages 3-13

Minding the Gap: Preparing the Working Class for Success in Academia
Dawn M. Armfield, Shadow W. J. Armfield
Pages 15-33

The St. Andrews Sustainability Institute: Fostering Sustainability in a Cold Climate
Jan Bebbington
Pages 35-44

Classroom and Community Partners: The Ethics and Morality Inherent in Sustainable Practices
Rosemary Papa
Pages 45-58

Globalization: Effects of Human Beings on the Earth
Pages 59-59

Beyond Neoliberalism: Education for Sustainable Development and a New Paradigm of Global Cooperation
Susan Santone
Pages 61-84

Construction and Sustainability
Andrew Scanlon
Pages 85-91

How Population Density Leads to Disaster: Curriculum to Understand and Own Solutions
Janet Coyle Groves
Pages 93-105

Synergy Between Problem-Based Learning and Educating for Sustainability: A Review of the Literature
Paul Bocko
Pages 107-131

The Role of Education and Sustainability
Pages 133-133

Developing a Culture for Sustainability in Educational Organisations
David Middlewood, Ian Abbott
Pages 135-150

Understanding Leadership Practices in a Sustainable School Model: A Case from Turkey
Kadir Beycioglu, Yasar Kondakçi
Pages 151-169

Creatures That by a Rule in Nature Teach the Act of Order (Henry V Act 1 Scene 2): A Case Study of Sustainable Transformational Leadership in a Challenging School
Les Bell, Phil Smith
Pages 171-191

University Education in Developing Economies: Access, Competition, and Neglect
Donald F. Staub
Pages 193-209

Back Matter
Pages 211-215

↑ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-12403-2_5

10.1007/978-3-319-12403-2_5

23.01.2018