Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Praxis Within and Beyond the Classroom
Kim Beasy, "Education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Praxis Within and Beyond the Classroom "
English | ISBN: 9819938015 | 2023 | 781 pages | EPUB | 47 MB
English | ISBN: 9819938015 | 2023 | 781 pages | EPUB | 47 MB
This book focuses on the complex relationship between education and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and highlights how important context is for both critiquing and achieving the Goals though education, given the critical role teachers, schools and curriculum play in young people’s lives. Readers will find examples of thinking and practice across the spectrum of education and training sectors, both formal and informal. The book adds to the increasing body of literature that recognises that education is, and must be, in its praxis, at the heart of all the SDGs. As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, we have a clear understanding of the wicked and complex crises regarding the health of life on our planet, and we cannot ignore the high levels of anxiety our young people are experiencing about their future. Continuing in the direction of unsustainable exploitation of people and nature is no longer an option if life is to have a flourishing future.
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