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The Historical, Present and Future ness of Environmental Education in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Sylvia Almeida  and
Amy Cutter-Mackenzie
Sylvia Almeida*
Affiliation:
Monash University
Amy Cutter-Mackenzie
Affiliation:
Monash University
*
†Address for correspondence: Sylvia Almeida, PhD Student, Faculty of Education, Monash University, McMahons Road, Frankston, Victoria 3199, Australia. Email: scalm1@student.monash.edu
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Abstract

What is distinctive or indistinctive about environmental education in schools and other formal education settings in India? In essence, what is the ness of environmental education in the Indian education system? Our responses to these important questions form the focus of this paper, shedding light on the historical, present and future directions (or ness) of environmental education in India. In effect, we attempt to capture the ness of environmental education by considering practice, policy and research developments throughout the various contemporary and traditional environmental education movements. In so doing, we identify a theory-practice gap and a dire lack of research as some of the pertinent issues facing environmental education in India. In conclusion we discuss possible future directions that environmental education might take in addressing these issues.

Keywords

environmental educationeducationIndiaschoolteacher education
Type
Feature Articles
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 27 , Issue 1: Special Issue: The “ness” of Environmental Education , 2011 , pp. 122 - 133
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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