LEADER 05245nam 22006975 450 001 9911018757003321 005 20260115001339.0 010 $a3-031-93291-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-93291-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32253170 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32253170 035 $a(CKB)40083120500041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-93291-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9940083120500041 100 $a20250806d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInternational Perspectives on Early Childhood Education for Sustainability $eEnvisioning Sustainable Futures with Young Children /$fedited by Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér, Sue Elliott 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (328 pages) 225 1 $aInternational Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development,$x2468-8754 ;$v45 311 08$a3-031-93290-0 327 $a1.Sustainability approaches in early childhood care and education in Aotearoa -- 2. Contemporary ECEfS in Australia: Perspectives and possibilities -- 3.Indigenous Land relations as a way toward sustainable futures with young children of Turtle Island -- 4.Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Curriculum and Pedagogy -- 5.ECEfS in Finland ? striving for ecosocial education -- 6.ECEfS as an impulse for transformation instead of a supplement to current educational concepts -- 7.Challenges and potentials of ECEfS in Japan: Transformative readings of the Japanese national guidelines to envision sustainable futures -- 8.Early Childhood Education for Sustainability in Malta -- 9.Challenges and possible paths in Education for Sustainability in Portugal -- 10.Reading instruction to promote sustainable development: A collaborative approach in one Grade 1 classroom in South Africa -- 11.ECEfS in Turkey from research to practice -- 12.Children?s opportunities to develop growing responsibility for and interest in sustainability issues in the Swedish preschool -- 13.Reframing ?Quality? through the lens of ECEfS: Promising practices in the United States. 330 $aThis international collection of case study chapters addresses early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) across diverse national contexts. The book offers critical reflections about what has been achieved to promote ECEfS through policy, research and practice; what might be the lessons learnt for sharing; and, what is yet to be achieved. In pragmatic terms, each national case study incorporates policy, research and practice, alongside illustrative initiatives, stories and images to engage readers. The work provides a systematic understanding of the global ECEfS field and facilitates identification of commonalities, divergences and issues for further analysis and synthesis. The reader is offered a broad text stance incorporating a comparative ECEfS knowledge base and transformative strategies for envisioning sustainable futures with young children. In particular, strategies towards a creative, courageous and radical education that prioritises ethical relationalities with the Earth and sustainable futures for both the human and the non-human species. This is a timely collection in a world where young children are born into climate crises, economic uncertainties and political instabilities alongside their fundamental rights being eroded. Sustainability is conceptualised worldwide in different ways historically, socially and culturally and this is celebrated by the contributing authors throughout the text. Many voices are shared from those working towards global sustainability in early childhood education. This book is aimed at researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students, and practitioners. 410 0$aInternational Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development,$x2468-8754 ;$v45 606 $aEarly childhood education 606 $aEnvironmental education 606 $aTeaching 606 $aEducation and state 606 $aInternational education 606 $aComparative education 606 $aEarly Childhood Education 606 $aEnvironmental and Sustainability Education 606 $aPedagogy 606 $aEducational Policy and Politics 606 $aInternational and Comparative Education 615 0$aEarly childhood education. 615 0$aEnvironmental education. 615 0$aTeaching. 615 0$aEducation and state. 615 0$aInternational education. 615 0$aComparative education. 615 14$aEarly Childhood Education. 615 24$aEnvironmental and Sustainability Education. 615 24$aPedagogy. 615 24$aEducational Policy and Politics. 615 24$aInternational and Comparative Education. 676 $a372.21 700 $aA?rlemalm-Hagse?r$b Eva$f1958-$01793111 701 $aElliott$b Sue$0619767 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911018757003321 996 $aInternational Perspectives on Early Childhood Education for Sustainability$94415467 997 $aUNINA