Whilst 'environmental education', and more recently 'education for sustainable development' are important trends, they are not sufficient to reorient and transform education as a whole - and yet time is short to realise such change. The Briefing critiques the prevailing managerial and mechanistic paradigm in education, and argues that an ecological view of educational theory, practice and policy is necessary to assist the sustainability transition. The Briefing then shows how 'sustainable education' - a systemic change of educational culture towards the realization of human potential and the interdependence of social, economic and ecological wellbeing - can lead to transformative learning.
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This is the best book I have seen to provide an antidote for our failing educational system. Presently, politicians and educational policy makers are leading our children like lemmings into an unsustainable future. The current obsession with testing, technology, competition and consumption will hardly prepare our children to deal with the social, economic, and environmental consequences of population explosion, climate change, declining water supplies, threats to food security, and the breakdown of life sustaining ecosystems. Stephen Sterling provides a paradigm for an authentic education that emphasizes holistic and systemic thinking that will help students better understand the complexities of our rapidly changing world and learn the core values, skills and behaviors needed for truly democratic, equitable, and sustainable future.
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