Keywords: Agents of change, play, water, case study, UN’s four pillars of sustainability Abstract: Although there is an increasing awareness of the importance of education for sustainable development, many of us find... [ view full abstract ]
Keywords: Agents of change, play, water, case study, UN’s four pillars of sustainability
Abstract: Although there is an increasing awareness of the importance of education for sustainable development, many of us find these issues difficult to address in early childhood education. It is a challenge to address and work with these problematic issues close to children’s perspectives and in early childhood educational perspectives. We will therefore, present a case study - the project Playing with water, performed by early childhood education teacher students at the course Sustainable development by involvement, at Bergen University College/Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The presentation is structured around the question: How can playing with water be understood as education for sustainable development in early childhood education? Our theoretical framework is outlined from a transdisciplinary approach, taking departure from UN’s four pillars of sustainability – ecological, economic, social/cultural and good governance. Analyzing the case based on these four pillars, shed light both to the importance of play and cultural meaning of water, and reveal a child friendly approach to education for sustainable development.
Presenters: Yvonne Bakken, assistant professor at Bergen University College/Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and Liv Torunn Grindheim, associate professor at Bergen University College/Western Norway University of Applied Science
Co-authors:
Kjellrun Hiis Hauge, associate professor at Bergen University College/Western Norway University of Applied Science
Marianne Presthus Heggen, associate professor at Bergen University College/Western Norway University of Applied Science
Tonje Gislefoss and Jeanette Marcussen (former students who did the project we are referring to)
