- Title Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Advancing Urbanization -
2 Sustainable Cities -
3 Four Asian Tigers -
4 Cities as Opportunities -
5 Critical Environmental Education -
6 Environmental Justice -
7 Sense of Place -
8 Climate Change Education -
9 Community Assets -
10 Trust and Collaborative Governance -
11 Environmental Governance -
12 Nonformal Educational Settings -
13 Community Environmental Education -
14 School Partnerships -
15 Sustainable Campuses -
16 Early Childhood -
17 Positive Youth Development -
18 Adult Education -
19 Intergenerational Education -
20 Inclusive Education -
21 Educator Professional Development -
22 Cities as Classrooms -
23 Environmental Arts -
24 Adventure Education -
25 Urban Agriculture -
26 Ecological Restoration -
27 Green Infrastructure -
28 Urban Digital Storytelling -
29 Participatory Urban Planning -
30 Educational Trends - Afterword
- Contributors
- Index
Four Asian Tigers
Four Asian Tigers
- Chapter:
- (p.31) 3 Four Asian Tigers
- Source:
- Urban Environmental Education Review
- Author(s):
Geok Chin Ivy Tan
John Chi-Kin Lee
Tzuchau Chang
Chankook Kim
, Alex Russ, Marianne E. Krasny- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
This chapter describes innovative approaches, both within schools and across multiple sectors, to urban environmental education in the highly urbanized environments of Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Seoul. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea—the so-called “Four Asian Tigers”—pursued aggressive industrialization to boost economic growth, resulting in rapid urbanization. Today their cities are faced with acute urban problems. As each of these highly urbanized cities faces the complex challenges that come with development, they turned to urban environmental education to foster environmental awareness and environmentally responsible behaviors. The chapter examines the strategies adopted by Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Seoul, such as integrating environmental education into the school curriculum, inquiry-based field trips, technology, partnerships, and urban environmental centers.
Keywords: schools, urban environmental education, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, field trips, technology, partnerships, urban environmental centers
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- Title Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Advancing Urbanization -
2 Sustainable Cities -
3 Four Asian Tigers -
4 Cities as Opportunities -
5 Critical Environmental Education -
6 Environmental Justice -
7 Sense of Place -
8 Climate Change Education -
9 Community Assets -
10 Trust and Collaborative Governance -
11 Environmental Governance -
12 Nonformal Educational Settings -
13 Community Environmental Education -
14 School Partnerships -
15 Sustainable Campuses -
16 Early Childhood -
17 Positive Youth Development -
18 Adult Education -
19 Intergenerational Education -
20 Inclusive Education -
21 Educator Professional Development -
22 Cities as Classrooms -
23 Environmental Arts -
24 Adventure Education -
25 Urban Agriculture -
26 Ecological Restoration -
27 Green Infrastructure -
28 Urban Digital Storytelling -
29 Participatory Urban Planning -
30 Educational Trends - Afterword
- Contributors
- Index