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245			_aReorienting educational efforts for sustainable development : _bexperiences from South Asia / _cEdited by Rajeswari Namagiri Gorana, Preeti Rawat Kanaujia
260			_aNetherlands: _bSpringer, _c2016
300			_axxxii, 205p.
520			_aThis book on South Asia will focus on initiatives under the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) umbrella and discuss the challenges, opportunities, issues and strategies in the countries of the region. It presents these initiatives of Environmental Education/ESD vis-à-vis the administrative, economic, social, cultural and ecological realities of each country at various levels of policy, planning, implementation and evaluation. The discussions in this book extend beyond formal education systems like schools, higher education, pre-service and in-service teacher preparation to community education and education initiatives conceptualized with the goal of sustainability. All initiatives will demonstrate how each country in its own pace contributing to move ESD from the periphery to the core of education initiatives.
650			_aSustainable development _z South Asia. _xEducation
650			_aScience _xStudy and teaching
700			_aGorana, Rajeswari Namagiri. _eEditor
700			_aKanaujia, Preeti Rawat. _eEditor
942			_cBK _2ddc