- Title
- Eco-schools as education for sustainable development in rural South Africa
- Creator
- Rosenberg, Eureta
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- book chapter
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/436854
- Identifier
- vital:73310
- Identifier
- ISBN 978-3-030-46820-0
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46820-0_16
- Description
- This chapter takes the reader into the context of rural South Africa with a sketch of developmental and educational chal-lenges from the point of view of a young person born here. It goes on to ask whether Eco-Schools has a role in this chal-lenging context, as a vehicle for or form of Education for Sus-tainable Development (ESD). Past Eco-Schools evaluations are reviewed against current educational needs and livelihood opportunities. The findings suggest that Eco-Schools gives teachers greater environmental awareness and motivates pedagogical practices such as active learning in relation to lo-cally relevant issues. Learners develop environmental com-mitment and a sense of agency, and may become more com-mitted to academic learning – all of which is necessary to pre-pare them for thriving in and also improving their socio-ecological contexts. Eco-Schools further supports schools sys-temically through meaningful partnerships with external agen-cies. The conclusion is that attempts should be made to scale up and scale out this impact. In the process, key features of the programme should be preserved. These include a focus on sustainable solutions.
- Format
- 18 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Rosenberg, E., 2020. Eco-schools as education for sustainable development in rural South Africa. Green schools globally: Stories of impact on education for sustainable development, pp.289-307
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
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