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Unconventional Educational Approaches: An Eco-pedagogy to Address Our Transformative Challenges

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Quality Education

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Critical learning; Socratic dialogue; Unorthodox methods

Definition

Unconventional educational approaches are diverse methods of learning that are not normally included in formal or traditional education settings (Dewey 2015, 17). Because of this, they may enable learners to generate emergent forms of knowledge for themselves (Ingold 2013, 1). Such approaches offer critical means to address transformative challenges such as the climate crisis and may generate “in vivo knowledge” or “transdisciplinary knowledge” that include cultural, philosophical, and spiritual dimensions (Nicolescu 2008, 3). Although unconventional educational approaches may, therefore, produce knowledge between, across, and beyond all disciplines, the creative arts offer a means to explore them (Nicolescu 2008, 15).

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The text critically reflects on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations 2015) and focuses on SDG4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong...

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  1. Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China

    David Haley

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

  5. University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Petra Molthan-Hill

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Haley, D. (2020). Unconventional Educational Approaches: An Eco-pedagogy to Address Our Transformative Challenges. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Quality Education. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95870-5_59

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