Tackling the Knowledge: Action Gap in Sustainable Consumption--Insights from a Participatory School Programme

Autor/inn/en	Barth, Matthias; Fischer, Daniel; Michelsen, Gerd; Nemnich, Claudia; Rode, Horst
Titel	Tackling the Knowledge: Action Gap in Sustainable Consumption--Insights from a Participatory School Programme
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 6 (2012) 2, S.301-312 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-4082
DOI	10.1177/0973408212475266
Schlagwörter	Sustainable Development; Social Problems; World Problems; Environmental Education; Holistic Approach; Consumer Education; Educational Methods; Consumer Economics; Grade 7; Grade 11; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Weltproblem; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Holistischer Ansatz; Konsumerziehung; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode; Konsumökonomie; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	In the international policy discourse on sustainable consumption and production, education is acknowledged to be a powerful tool in changing unsustainable patterns of consumption. Current educational policies and programmes have responded to the consumption challenge mainly by including and addressing consumption issues in formal tuition in different subjects. This article criticises such a perspective for neglecting informal and non-cognitive consumer learning processes that take place outside the classroom. As a more comprehensive approach to consumer learning in school settings, a whole-school approach is outlined. The article reports on some insights of an empirical study that examined the relevance of active participation in, and exposure to, activities promoting sustainable consumption at schools. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10