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1 online resource (xxxii, 232 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Globalization and the Politics of Exclusion; 1 -- Caste, Exclusion, and Marginalized Groups in India: Dalit Deprivation in India; 2 -- Education in a Globalizing Era: Implications for Disabled Girls; Part II: From Rio to Indigenous Cultural Resources: Education for Sustainable Development; 3 -- Education for Sustainable Development: The Concept and Its Connection to Tolerance and Democracy; 4 -- Education for Sustainable Tribal Development. |
Summary |
Education for Sustainable Development: Challenges, Strategies, and Practices in a Globalizing World carves a path for future educators. It demonstrates that to pursue education for sustainable development, it is vital that one crosses disciplinary, institutional, and epistemological borders. The articles explore sustainable development as a process that embraces issues related to environment, poverty, health, security, democracy, gender, and human rights; they conceive sustainable development education as focusing on the holistic development of the body and mind. This idea is also central to t. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Environmental education.
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Environmental education. |
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
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World citizenship.
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World citizenship. |
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Education -- Social aspects.
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Education -- Social aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Nikolopoulou, Anastasia.
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Abraham, Taisha.
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Mirbagheri, Farid.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Education for sustainable development. New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2010 9788132102939 (DLC) 2009044223 (OCoLC)460711593 |
ISBN |
9788132104919 (electronic book) |
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8132104919 (electronic book) |
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9788132108023 (ebook) |
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8132108027 (ebook) |
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9788132102939 (hardback) |
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