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Schools for Health and Sustainability :

Contributor(s): Mannix McNamara, Patricia | Simovska, VenkaMaterial type: TextTextEdition: 1st ed. 2015Description: 1 online resource (XXVIII, 431 pages 18 illustrations, 7 illustrations in color.)ISBN: 9789401791717Subject(s): Adolescence | Childhood | Education and sociology | Educational sociology | Environmental health | Environmental Health | Childhood, Adolescence and Society | Sociology of EducationDDC classification: 613.1
Contents:
Part 1: Health Promoting Schools and Education for Sustainable Development -- Part 2: Partnerships, Standards and Change -- Part 3: Examining Implementation -- Part 4: The Challenges of Evaluation and Evidence.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Faculty of Health Sciences
RA440 .S34 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0161031
Books Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters).
RA440 .S56 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0161216
Books Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters).
RA440 .S56 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MHQ0161031

Part 1: Health Promoting Schools and Education for Sustainable Development -- Part 2: Partnerships, Standards and Change -- Part 3: Examining Implementation -- Part 4: The Challenges of Evaluation and Evidence.

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.

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