Sustainability Education
A Classroom Guide
Dr Stephen Scoffham author Steve Rawlinson author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:18th Feb '27
£24.99
This title is due to be published on 18th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Overall Winner, SAGT (Scottish Association of Geography Teachers) Awards 2022
Winner, Global Dimension Teachers' Choice Award 2023
Shortlisted, BERA Educational Research Book of the Year 2023
Highly Commended, GA (Geographical Association) Publisher's Awards 2023
This award winning book is at once a guide to and critique of sustainability education for trainee and in-service teachers, curriculum makers, school governors and anyone working with children aged 3 to 14. Now expanded to cover the most pressing topics in this vital area of education, this second edition features:
· Over 200 updated and additional activities linked to fully revised study units and key topics.
· Advice, information and suggestions on climate change, citizenship and sustainability education in line with the latest curriculum requirements.
· Added and revised case studies of teaching strategies written by teachers and educationalists from every continent.
· Provocative questions to help trainees reflect on their own ideas to turn theory into practice.
Sustainability Education: A Classroom Guide offers a progressive framework for sustainability education informed by research findings and learning theory that spans all subject areas and settings. Age-specific teaching ideas explore topics such as conservation, health, food, wildlife, climate change, social justice and sustainable living. Key concepts and links to the UN Global Goals (SDGs) are highlighted throughout.
Stephen and Steve remain two of the most imaginative, experienced voices in sustainability education. Drawing on their wide community of environmental educators, this book is an uplifting companion for anyone wanting to weave sustainability meaningfully into learning. -- MERYL BATCHELDER, Education Lead for TerraLigo, UK
Here’s a summary of this timely book in four words: education for our times. Scoffham and Rawlinson have produced an outstanding book which more than does the job. Highly recommended. -- STEPHEN STERLING, Emeritus Professor of Sustainability Education, Sustainable Earth Institute, University of Plymouth and Author of Learning and Sustainability in Dangerous Times
This book should be on everyone’s bookshelf who is interested in providing high quality geography education, through the lens of sustainability. -- SARAH MURRAY, Marino Institute of Education, Ireland
ISBN: 9781350605589
Dimensions: 244mm x 188mm x 26mm
Weight: 520g
352 pages
2nd edition