Young Children and the Environment
Early Education for Sustainability

This is an essential text for students, teachers and practitioners in a range of early childhood education and care settings.

Julie M. Davis (Edited by)

9781107636347, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 7 November 2014

336 pages
24.9 x 17.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.65 kg

This second edition of Young Children and the Environment is a practical resource that illustrates the difference that early childhood educators can make by working with children, their families and the wider community to tackle the contemporary issue of sustainable living. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated, with a new section exploring sustainability education in a variety of global contexts. Researched and written by authors recognised as leaders in their own countries, this section provides readers with international resources and perspectives to further their teaching about early childhood education for sustainability. The text engages with new curriculum initiatives that have placed greater emphasis on educating for sustainability, and equips educators with the knowledge to teach this revised content. It remains accessibly written with ample case studies, vignettes and 'Provocations' to engage readers and provide insights into how early childhood education for sustainability can occur successfully in practice.

Part I: 1. What is early childhood education for sustainability and why does it matter? Julie M. Davis
2. Children in the natural world Sue Elliott
3. Leadership for creating cultures of sustainability Megan Gibson
4. Practical possibilities and pedagogical approaches for early childhood education for sustainability: the Kenmore West story Robert Pratt
5. Ethics and pedagogy at the heart of early childhood education for sustainability Lesley Robinson and Sue Væaliki
6. Reconciliation and early childhood education for sustainability: broadening the environmental paradigm Melinda G. Miller
7. The world is getting flatter: ICT and education for sustainability in the early years Margaret Lloyd
8. Healthy and sustainable environments for children and communities Sue Cooke
9. Food first: beginning steps toward children's sustainable education Nadine Louise McCrea
10. Early learning for sustainability through the arts Lyndal O'Gorman
11. The children's environment project: developing a transformative project approach with children in a kindergarten Sharon Stuhmcke
Part II: 12. Caring for oneself, others and the environment: EfS in Swedish preschools Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér and Ingrid Engdahl
13. Beyond traditional nature-based activities to education for sustainability: a case study from Japan Michiko Inoue
14. Education for sustainable development in early childhood in Korea Okjong Ji
15. Early childhood education for sustainability in the United Kingdom Louise Gilbert, Janet Rose and Paulette Luff
16. Using research and a systems approach to mainstream change in early childhood education for sustainability Jo-Anne Ferreira and Julie Davis.

Subject Areas: Educational: History [YQH], Natural history [Children’s/Teenage YNN], Philosophy & theory of education [JNA], Education [JN]