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This book addresses this challenge by proposing an integration of sustainability and arts education in both principle and practice. In a global context of intensifying social, economic and environmental crises, education is key to raising awareness and motivating individuals and communities to act in sustaining life in our more-than-human world. But how is this done when the complexity and need for change becomes overwhelming, and schooling systems become complicit in supporting the status quo?Drawing on critical education theory and precepts of creativity, curiosity and change, it documents a series of case examples that demonstrate how five principles of Education for Sustainability - critical thinking, systems thinking, community partnership, participation, and envisioning better futures - are found at the heart of much arts practice in schools. Featuring the creative work and voices of teachers working in arts-based enquiry and diverse community-engaged contexts, the book investigates how sustainability principles are embedded in contemporary arts education thinking and pedagogy. The authors are unapologetically optimistic in forming an alliance of arts and sustainability education as a creative response to the challenge of our times, arguing that while they may have operated on the margins of conventional pedagogy and curriculum, they have more than marginal impact.

Item Type:	Book
Authors/Creators:	Hunter, MA and Aprill, A and Hill, A and Emery, S
Keywords:	arts, sustainability, education, critical theory, pedagogy
Publisher:	Springer Singapore
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7710-4
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2018 The Authors
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Hunter, MA UTAS Profile: Hunter, MA
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