Education for Sustainable Development and the Transformation of Self

How the World Can Become a Better Place to Live for All
  • Margarita Pavlova
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Abstract

This chapter explores the nature of transformative education within different traditions arguing for a social emancipatory view of transformative education that accommodates both social change and individual transformation (Taylor, 2008) as the most appropriate way of teaching and learning for sustainable development (SD).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Margarita Pavlova
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  1. 1.Griffith Institute for Educational ResearchGriffith UniversityAustralia

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