Battro, Antonio M.

Léna, Pierre

Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo

Braun, Joachim von

Children and Sustainable Development.

Ecological Education in a Globalized World.

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2017

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sThis book addresses the changes in education practices, especially basic education, necessitated by the global challenges of climate change and sustainable development and in a context characterized by increasing poverty and inequality, migration and refugees.

Written by a range of international scholars, scientists and grassroots practitioners from Africa, Latin America, Asia (India, China, Malaysia) and Europe, the individual contributions focus on education policies and child development in various social contexts. Case-based experiences from both developed and developing countries provide inspiration and shed new light on the fundamental changes needed to adapt existing school systems and teacher training to face the challenges of the future. In this regard, the need to empower children themselves is emphasized.

All contributions are based on a Workshop hosted in November 2015 by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican entitled ″Children and Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Education″ and follow three other significant events on sustainable development in 2015, namely the publication of Laudato Si′, the Encyclical Letter from Pope Francis, the release of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the COP21 Conference in Paris.

Part I Environment, Climate and Education

1 Educating Children to Bend the Curve: For a Stable Climate,
Sustainable Nature and Sustainable Humanity
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Hahrie Han and Teenie Matlock

2 Children as Agents of Change for Sustainable Development
Joachim von Braun

3 Notes on Child Labor and Education: A Personal Statement
Kaushik Basu

4 Scholas Citizenship
María Paz Jurado

5 Learning, Literacy and Sustainable Development: Inclusion,
Vulnerability and the SDGs
Daniel A. Wagner

6 Educating Students to Sustainability: The Experience
of ″La main à la pâte″
David Wilgenbus

7 Evidence Based Education and the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) 2016–2030
Lee Yee Cheong

8 The Sustainable Planet: towards an education for Sustainability
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco

Part II How could education evolve in a diversity of contexts?

9 education for sustainable development
Margaret S. Archer

10 Low Attainers in a Global Knowledge economy
Sally Tomlinson

11 Unequal World, Unequal education
Bernard Hugonnier

12 Fe y Alegría and the Educational Challenges
and opportunities of our world
Luis Arancibia Tapia and Ignacio Suñol

13 A Bright Start for Every Child Education in Rural China
Lu Mai

14 Amrita: A Holistic Model for Inclusive Education in Rural India
Prema Nedungadi, Raghu Raman, Radhika Menon and Karunya Mulki

15 the Assumpta Science Center Ofekata—Owerri (ASCO):
An Initiative of International University Cooperation with Africa
in Informal Science Learning Activities for Sustainable

development
Tobechi E. Anyadike

Part III children, students and teachers

16 formative childhood from a neurobiological perspective
Wolf Singer

17 ″I hold your foot:″ Lessons from the Reading Brain
for Addressing the Challenge of Global Literacy
Maryanne Wolf, Stephanie Gottwald, Cynthia Breazeal, Tinsley Galyean and Robin Morris

18 scientific learning and Education for Human Security and Well-Being
Hideaki Koizumi

19 children facing screens: An Educational Project for
Helping Children Develop Their Critical Thinking Skills
Elena Pasquinelli

20 qhat a Child of the XXI Century Should
Know About the Origin and the Evolution of man
Yves Coppens

21 teacher power
Sidney Strauss

22 Professional Development of Teachers at the Science learning centres in the UK
John Holman
23 Qualifying Teachers for Science in Latin America
Jorge E. Allende

24 Formation of Schoolteachers in Haïti: The TEH Program
Jacques Blamont and Morgane Leprince

25 addressing the first teachers: education and sustainable
development for Children, Families and Communities

through vocational education, technology and life skills
training for women
Rao R. Bhavani, Srividya Sheshadri and Laura Aswati Maciuika

Part IV the voice of children and teenagers on sustainability and climate change

26 Contributions of Students and Debate
Antonio M. Battro, Pierre Léna, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
and Joachim von Braun

27 Youth Declaration of Principles and Guidelines for Education
Antonio M. Battro, Pierre Léna, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo and Joachim von Braun

Part V Values and Perspectives

28 Biospheric Consciousness: A Moral and Ethical
Imperative for Education
Courtney Sale Ross

29 ethics and education in Pakistan: principles, policies and practice
Manzoor Hussain Soomro and Saima Huma Tanveer

30 Education, a Renewable Energy?
Marguerite Léna

31 Recommendations Issued from the Participants
Antonio M. Battro, Pierre Léna, Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo and Joachim von Braun

32 before Using This Device, Please Consult the Manual″:
the challenges of sustaining language, education, and culture
Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson

Annex 1. grass-root initiatives and projects reported at the Workshop
Annex 2. list and affiliations of contributors
(authors and co-authors)
Annex 3. attendance of the Workshop (speakers and observers)
Annex 4. group photograph (participants)

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