Overview
- Describes the role of environmental education in pressing global issues such as sustainable development and climate change
- Explores diverse international perspectives with a focus on Costa Rica as an example
- The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners interested in topics such as environmental education, sustainable development and science education
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About the author
Nicole Blum is a Lecturer in the Development Education Research Centre at the Institute of Education, University of London (UK). Since completing her PhD (Anthropology) at the University of Sussex in 2006, she has been actively engaged in research on environmental education and education for sustainable development, educational responses to climate change, and internationalization and global learning in higher education. Her work also includes an interest in the ethnography of education, the anthropology of development, access to and participation in education, and Education for All. In addition to teaching on an online MA programme in Development Education, she is also currently coordinating a research project which aims to develop and evaluate methods to embed learning about global and development issues within undergraduate courses in pharmacy, veterinary science, and human health. Over the course of her career she has worked and conducted research in Costa Rica, Guatemala, India, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development
Book Subtitle: Negotiating Environmental Knowledge in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Authors: Nicole Blum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2527-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2526-3Published: 13 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8350-7Published: 24 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2527-0Published: 02 January 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 166
Topics: Sustainable Development, International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education, general, Anthropology