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Valuing the unvaluable :effects of individual, school and cultural factors on the environmental values of children
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ISBN: 9789044128642 Year: 2011 Publisher: Antwerpen Garant

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The overall aim of the research presented in this dissertation is to gain more insight in the environmental values (EV) of children. EV are, across disciplines, regarded as an essential precondition of environmental behavior. A better understanding of what explains variation in EV and what they can tell us about the environmental behavior of children – the future’s decision-makers – makes an important contribution to the evaluation and design of environmental education initiatives.Essential to the overall design of the research in this dissertation is that is doesn’t consider EV as just individual traits (as is often done in environmental education research); the social and natural context in which children live are also incorporated. By doing so, the dissertation borrows from an approach of environmental sociology; trough also including methodologies from environmental psychology when it comes to measuring EV, the dissertation spans three disciplines and in that aims to achieve a more holistic perspective on the subject. The six studies that are presented in the dissertation each have their own specific focus: (1) EV and personality (2) gender differences in EV (3) do schools matter for EV? (4) do eco-schools matter for EV? (5) a cross-national perspective on EV (6) cross-cultural differences in EV. (Bron: covertekst)


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Learning for sustainability in times of accelerating change
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ISBN: 9789086862030 Year: 2012 Publisher: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers

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"We live in turbulent times, our world is changing at accelerating speed. Information is everywhere, but wisdom appears in short supply when trying to address key inter-related challenges of our time such as; runaway climate change, the loss of biodiversity, the depletion of natural resources, the on-going homogenization of culture, and rising inequity. Living in such times has implications for education and learning. This book explores the possibilities of designing and facilitating learning-based change and transitions towards sustainability. In 31 chapters contributors from across the world discuss (re)emerging forms of learning that not only assist in breaking down unsustainable routines, forms of governance, production and consumption, but also can help create ones that are more sustainable. The book has been divided into three parts: re-orienting science and society, re-connecting people and planet and re-imagining education and learning. This is essential reading for educators, educational designers, change agents, researchers, students, policymakers and entrepreneurs alike, who are concerned about the well-being of the planet and convinced of our ability to do better."--pub. desc.

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