Exploring the resistance Sue Elliott, Julie Davis [electronic resource] : an Australian perspective on educating for sustainability in early childhood /
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ArticlePublication details: 2009Description: 1 online resource (p. 65-77) : digital file, PDFSubject(s): Environmental education | Early childhood education -- Australia | MaoriOnline resources: Full text
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International Journal of Early Childhood Vol. 41, no. 2 (2009), p. 65-77Abstract: Climate change and sustainability are issues of global significance. While other education sectors have implemented education for sustainability for many years, the early childhood sector has been slow to take up this challenge. This position paper poses the question: Why has this sector been so slow to engage with sustainability? Explanations are proposed based on a review of research literature and the authors’ long engagement in seeking to bring early childhood education and education for sustainability together. The imperative is for the early childhood sector to engage in education for sustainability without delay and to ‘get active’ for a sustainable future.
Climate change and sustainability are issues of global significance. While other education sectors have implemented education for sustainability for many years, the early childhood sector has been slow to take up this challenge. This position paper poses the question: Why has this sector been so slow to engage with sustainability? Explanations are proposed based on a review of research literature and the authors’ long engagement in seeking to bring early childhood education and education for sustainability together. The imperative is for the early childhood sector to engage in education for sustainability without delay and to ‘get active’ for a sustainable future.
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