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Since the development of the provincial Education for Sustainability Action Plan (2004–2008) that directed the first steps in fostering teaching and learning for sustainability in K-12 classrooms, Manitoba schools and school divisions have made considerable progress toward the implementation of education for sustainable development (ESD). Manitoba has approached ESD in K-12 Education as a whole-school approach meaning that it is not only about incorporating teaching and learning for sustainable development in the curriculum, but also through sustainable school operations such as integrated governance, stakeholder and community involvement, long-term planning, and sustainability monitoring and evaluation.
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A school division/district in Manitoba is an administrative entity, bounded geographically, over which a school board has jurisdiction. Currently there are 37 school divisions and districts in Manitoba.
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Buckler, C., MacDiarmid, A. (2013). Education for Sustainable Development in Manitoba: A Provincial-Wide Approach. In: McKeown, R., Nolet, V. (eds) Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States. Schooling for Sustainable Development, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4273-4_7
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