TY - BOOK
T1 - Schools for health and sustainability
T2 - Theory, research and practice
AU - Simovska, Venka
AU - Mannix-McNamara, Patricia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84943257366&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-94-017-9171-7
DO - 10.1007/978-94-017-9171-7
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84943257366
SN - 9789401791700
BT - Schools for health and sustainability
PB - Springer Netherlands
ER -
