Table of Contents

Part I: 1. What is early childhood education for sustainability and why does it matter? Julie M. Davis; 2. Children in the natural world Sue Elliott; 3. Leadership for creating cultures of sustainability Megan Gibson; 4. Practical possibilities and pedagogical approaches for early childhood education for sustainability: the Kenmore West story Robert Pratt; 5. Ethics and pedagogy at the heart of early childhood education for sustainability Lesley Robinson and Sue Væaliki; 6. Reconciliation and early childhood education for sustainability: broadening the environmental paradigm Melinda G. Miller; 7. The world is getting flatter: ICT and education for sustainability in the early years Margaret Lloyd; 8. Healthy and sustainable environments for children and communities Sue Cooke; 9. Food first: beginning steps toward children's sustainable education Nadine Louise McCrea; 10. Early learning for sustainability through the arts Lyndal O'Gorman; 11. The children's environment project: developing a transformative project approach with children in a kindergarten Sharon Stuhmcke; Part II: 12. Caring for oneself, others and the environment: EfS in Swedish preschools Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér and Ingrid Engdahl; 13. Beyond traditional nature-based activities to education for sustainability: a case study from Japan Michiko Inoue; 14. Education for sustainable development in early childhood in Korea Okjong Ji; 15. Early childhood education for sustainability in the United Kingdom Louise Gilbert, Janet Rose and Paulette Luff; 16. Using research and a systems approach to mainstream change in early childhood education for sustainability Jo-Anne Ferreira and Julie Davis.

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This is an essential text for students, teachers and practitioners in a range of early childhood education and care settings.

About the Author

Julie M. Davis is Associate Professor in the School of Early Childhood, Faculty of Education, at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane.