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1. Introduction

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Environmental education has been at the centre of international and national policies of sustainable development for the last several decades, and has stimulated significant debate regarding both its inclusion in educational programming and proposed methods for implementation. Research has given critical attention to diverse theories and practices of environmental education, but has tended to take a narrow focus on specific curricula and policies or on activities within strictly defined sites such as classrooms or natural areas. The field has also largely been focused on discussions and initiatives in industrialised countries, and neglected to explore perspectives, policy and practice elsewhere in the world. In contrast, this chapter introduces a research study based on anthropological fieldwork that explored environmental education and learning in the community of Monteverde, Costa Rica. In particular, the research set out to both explore initiatives taking place in formal education, in programmes organised by non-governmental organisations, and through engagement in public education spaces, as well as the relationships between them and the wider community.

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Given this sensitivity to the role of both formal and informal education in social transformation, it is perhaps surprising to note that anthropological research has yet to devote sustained attention specifically to environmental education.

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Titel: Introduction
verfasst von: Nicole Blum
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Buch: Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development
Print ISBN: 978-94-007-2526-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-2527-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2527-0_1

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