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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84173| Title: | Early childhood education for sustainability |
| Other Titles: | Quality education, Encyclopedia of the UN sustainable development goals |
| Authors: | Spiteri, Jane |
| Keywords: | Child development Early childhood education Environmental education Sustainable development |
| Issue Date: | 2020-04-04 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Citation: | Spiteri, J. (2020). Early childhood education for sustainability. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, P. G. Özuyar & T. Wall (Eds.), Quality education. Encyclopedia of the UN sustainable development goals (pp. 1-12). Springer, Cham. |
| Abstract: | The United Nations (UN) defines a child as any person under age 18 (UN 1989; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] 2017). Early childhood care and education (ECCE) denotes the education of children from birth till 8 years of age (UNESCO 2017), which could be the starting point for the development of a sustainable society, particularly by embedding early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) in early years curricula (Davis 2010; Elliott 2019; UNESCO 2014). ECEfS is transformative, empowering, and participative education around sustainability issues, topics, and experiences via the creation of, and support of, learning communities in ECCE (Davis 2010). |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/84173 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEduECPE |
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