Schools for Health and Sustainability Theory, Research and Practice [Hardcover]

Schools are unique places. They pay a central role in the formation of young people. The importance of how young people are educated and how they are encouraged to live and learn cannot be underestimated. This book advocates for the fostering of agency not only amongst school personnel but also amongst younger generations for health and sustainability. It provides the reader with a new lens with which to discover health promoting schools and education for sustainable development. It invites the reader to look more deeply into both and to accompany the authors on a journey of discovery of the real potential for each to enhance the practice of schooling.

Part 1 - Health Promoting Schools and Education for Sustainable Development

1.???? Schools for Health and Sustainability: Insights from the Past, Present and for the Future, Patricia Mannix-McNamara and Venka Simovska

2.???? Health Promotion and Sustainable Development in Schools: Historical Perspective, Ian Young?

3.???? Key Competencies: Reconciling Means and Ends in Education for Sustainable Consumption, Daniel Fischer and Matthias Barth

4.???? Under One Umbrella: Professional Norms Promoting Education for Sustainable Development at the School Level, Ulf Leo and Per Wickenberg

5.???? Linking Health Education and Sustainability Education in Schools: Local Transformations of International Policy, Katrine Dahl Madsen, Lone Lindegaard Nordin and Venka Simovska (contact  Venka Simovska

Part 2 - Partnerships, Standards and Change

6.???? Health Promotion in Dutch Secondary Schools: Promising Collaboration between School and Public Health

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