Environmentalizing Education by Shimray, Chong;

Short description:

The book enumerates on advancing environmental education in South Asia. By introducing the current environmental challenges

Long description:

The book offers a distinctive blend of topics geared toward advancing environmental education in South Asian countries. By introducing the current environmental challenges and the integration of environmental education in the national curricula of select South Asian countries, it illuminates how teachers might often overlook the impact of their own environmental beliefs and values that significantly shape their pedagogy and classroom engagement.

This book emphasizes a strong environmental philosophy, essential for teaching what is meaningful, reflective, and transformative. Spanning a wide array of contemporary topics?ecosystems, biodiversity, tree plantation, air pollution, population, and climate change -- the book aims to support richer, more informed, and effective classroom discussions. It also offers activities and projects tailored to each theme, promoting experiential learning. Additionally, the book outlines ways to strengthen students? environmental literacy through informal and non-formal education, including nature-based experiences, advocacy efforts, and scientific and technological innovation.

The book will be useful to pre-service and in-service teachers, teacher educators, and curriculum developers. It will also be of much value to practitioners, policymakers, and researchers in environmental education.

This book makes a timely and significant contribution to environmental education by foregrounding the South Asian context while addressing concerns of global relevance. The book?s structured approach, combining foundational perspectives, key environmental themes, and pedagogical orientations