TY - JOUR
T1 - Educating for Sustainability in Remote Locations
AU - Redford, Morag
AU - Reading, Chris
AU - Khupe, Constance
AU - Wallin, Dawn
AU - Versland, Tena
AU - Taylor, Neil
AU - Hampton, Patrick
N1 - https://www.jhseonline.com/index.php/ruraled/about
PY - 2019/7/24
Y1 - 2019/7/24
N2 - At Atime when social, economic and political decisions, along with environmental events, challenge the viability of remote communities, educaotrs need to better prepare young people in these communities to work towards sustainability. Remote locations can be defined by their inaccessability rather than just distance from the nearest services, while the sustainability construct encapsulates a range of community needs: environmental, social, cultural and economic. This paper describes experiences that involve innovative approaches towards educaiton for sustainability in remote locations in six diverse countries; South Africa, Scotland, Canada, United States of America, Pacific Island Nations, and Australia. For each, the nature of what constitutes a 'remote' location, as ewll as the detail and challenges for the innovation are presented. Readers should consider how they might more suitably educate the next generation to protect, showcase and learning from / with the local knowledges and capacities for the people and environments in remote locations.
AB - At Atime when social, economic and political decisions, along with environmental events, challenge the viability of remote communities, educaotrs need to better prepare young people in these communities to work towards sustainability. Remote locations can be defined by their inaccessability rather than just distance from the nearest services, while the sustainability construct encapsulates a range of community needs: environmental, social, cultural and economic. This paper describes experiences that involve innovative approaches towards educaiton for sustainability in remote locations in six diverse countries; South Africa, Scotland, Canada, United States of America, Pacific Island Nations, and Australia. For each, the nature of what constitutes a 'remote' location, as ewll as the detail and challenges for the innovation are presented. Readers should consider how they might more suitably educate the next generation to protect, showcase and learning from / with the local knowledges and capacities for the people and environments in remote locations.
KW - rural education
KW - educators
KW - rural geography
KW - sustainability
U2 - 10.35608/ruraled.v40i2.849
DO - 10.35608/ruraled.v40i2.849
M3 - Article
SN - 2643-9662
VL - 40
SP - 43
EP - 53
JO - The Rural Educator
JF - The Rural Educator
IS - 2
ER -