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Educating Science Teachers for Sustainability pp 445–457Cite as

Toward a Sustainable Future: The Practice of Science Teacher Education for Sustainability

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Since Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring, which in 1962 exposed the hazards of the pesticide DDT and set the stage for the environmental movement, there has been a legacy of learning and understanding of how human actions influence the environment in a variety of unanticipated ways. “Many consider the book’s release to be the turning point in our understanding of the interconnections among the environment, the economy and social well-being. Since then, many milestones have marked the journey toward sustainable development.” (Sustainability Development [SD] Timeline, 2012, p. 1). Since then other disasters, some more closely linked to human causes than others have reinforced the notions of the fragility of our planet, while other authors and events have given us guidance and hope how to proceed to a more sustainable world. These include:

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  1. Department of Childhood and Early Childhood Education, State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, NY, USA

    Susan K. Stratton

  2. Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC, USA

    Rita Hagevik

  3. Department of Teaching and Learning, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Allan Feldman

  4. Department of Biology, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX, USA

    Mark Bloom

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    Susan K. Stratton

  2. Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina, USA

    Rita Hagevik

  3. Department of Teaching and Learning, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Allan Feldman

  4. Department of Biology, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Mark Bloom

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Stratton, S.K., Hagevik, R., Feldman, A., Bloom, M. (2015). Toward a Sustainable Future: The Practice of Science Teacher Education for Sustainability. In: Stratton, S., Hagevik, R., Feldman, A., Bloom, M. (eds) Educating Science Teachers for Sustainability. ASTE Series in Science Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16411-3_23

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