Saturday 14 February 2009

Blogprompt Number Eight

The Decade 2105-2104 is the 'United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development'.

The goal is as follows,

'...to integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning. This educational effort will encourage changes in behaviour that will create a more sustainable future in terms of environmental integrity, economic viability, and a just society for present and future generations.'

Once more we'd like your blogopinions. Base your responses on the following three questions,

To what extent do you think that education for sustainable development is valuable?
Do you agree with Haigh (2005) that Geography is best placed to deliver this curriculum?
What are your feelings about this module?


Reference:
https://webmail.northampton.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27234%26URL_DO=DO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION=201.html
Haigh, M., (2005), Geography and the 'European Year of Citizenship through Education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 29, 173-182.