Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings
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Enabling Responsible Living. ed. / Ulf Schrader; Vera Fricke; Declan Doyle; Victoria Thoresen. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2013. p. 147–160.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Promoting Sustainable Consumption in Educational Settings
AU - Fischer, Daniel
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In the debate on sustainable consumption there is broad agreement that a concerted and multi-faceted policy approach is needed to motivate people to consume sustainably. The role of education and educational organisations is commonly confined to that of a provider of formal tuition and as a trainer of skills. This article argues for a broader understanding of educational organisations' contribution to the promotion of sustainable consumption. It argues that the established settings approach from public health research offers an alternative perspective on educational settings that can help to gain a more comprehensive understanding of consumption-related learning processes in educational organisations. Drawing on the framework of educational organisational culture of consumption, educational settings are described as formal and informal learning occasions that frame students' consumer learning in distinct organisational contexts. A case example is introduced from the transdisciplinary research and development project BINK that illustrates how this analytical perspective can translate into a more comprehensive approach to school and university development and the promotion of sustainable consumption in educational settings.
AB - In the debate on sustainable consumption there is broad agreement that a concerted and multi-faceted policy approach is needed to motivate people to consume sustainably. The role of education and educational organisations is commonly confined to that of a provider of formal tuition and as a trainer of skills. This article argues for a broader understanding of educational organisations' contribution to the promotion of sustainable consumption. It argues that the established settings approach from public health research offers an alternative perspective on educational settings that can help to gain a more comprehensive understanding of consumption-related learning processes in educational organisations. Drawing on the framework of educational organisational culture of consumption, educational settings are described as formal and informal learning occasions that frame students' consumer learning in distinct organisational contexts. A case example is introduced from the transdisciplinary research and development project BINK that illustrates how this analytical perspective can translate into a more comprehensive approach to school and university development and the promotion of sustainable consumption in educational settings.
KW - Sustainability education
KW - Consumer education
KW - Culture of consumption
KW - Education for sustainable consumption
KW - School development
KW - Settings
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929877048&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-22048-7_11
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-642-22047-0
SP - 147
EP - 160
BT - Enabling Responsible Living
A2 - Schrader, Ulf
A2 - Fricke, Vera
A2 - Doyle, Declan
A2 - Thoresen, Victoria
PB - Springer Verlag
CY - Berlin
ER -