Chapter 4
An Analysis of the Developmentof Sustainability EducationInternationally: Evolution,Interpretation and TransformativePotential
Stephen Sterling
INTRODUCTION
In little more than three decades, sustainability education has emerged and evolved from marginal beginnings to claim the necessity and to indicate the possibility of fundamental change in our collective view of the purposes and nature of education and learning – a change which, if made effective, would be critical to the quality of life of future generations. Yet, it is clear that such profound change is by no means assured. While the progress of environmental and sustainability education over the last three decades has been impressive, it also has been slowed by a degree of incoherence ...
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