Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development: Negotiating Environmental Knowledge in Monteverde, Costa Rica

✍ Scribed by Nicole Blum (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 178
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A growing body of research has given critical attention to diverse theories and practices of environmental education, and its potential contribution to addressing pressing global issues such as sustainable development and climate change. While much of this work has focused on perspectives and practices in Europe and North America, this book explores environmental learning within formal education, in programmes by non-governmental organisations, and in public education spaces in Monteverde, Costa Rica. The discussion also highlights the need for more research to understand the broader social and economic interactions between such efforts and the communities in which they are located.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Education, Environment, Development and the Costa Rican State....Pages 23-51
Environmental Education in Schools....Pages 53-79
Environmental Education and Conservation Organisations....Pages 81-108
Environmental Knowledge in Public Spaces....Pages 109-140
Conclusions....Pages 141-155
Back Matter....Pages 157-163

✦ Subjects

Sustainable Development; International and Comparative Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Education (general); Anthropology