Tackling the knowledge-action gap in sustainable consumption: insights from a participatory school programme
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Tackling the knowledge-action gap in sustainable consumption : insights from a participatory school programme. / Barth, Matthias; Fischer, Daniel; Michelsen, Gerd et al.
In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, No. 2, 09.2012, p. 301-312.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Tackling the knowledge-action gap in sustainable consumption
T2 - insights from a participatory school programme
AU - Barth, Matthias
AU - Fischer, Daniel
AU - Michelsen, Gerd
AU - Nemnich, Claudia
AU - Rode, Horst
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - In the international policy discourse on sustainable consumption and production, education is acknowledged to be a powerful tool in changing unsustainable patterns of consumption. Current educational policies and programmes have responded to the consumption challenge mainly by including and addressing consumption issues in formal tuition in different subjects. This article criticises such a perspective for neglecting informal and non-cognitive consumer learning processes that take place outside the classroom. As a more comprehensive approach to consumer learning in school settings, a whole-school approach is outlined. The article reports on some insights of an empirical study that examined the relevance of active participation in, and exposure to, activities promoting sustainable consumption at schools.
AB - In the international policy discourse on sustainable consumption and production, education is acknowledged to be a powerful tool in changing unsustainable patterns of consumption. Current educational policies and programmes have responded to the consumption challenge mainly by including and addressing consumption issues in formal tuition in different subjects. This article criticises such a perspective for neglecting informal and non-cognitive consumer learning processes that take place outside the classroom. As a more comprehensive approach to consumer learning in school settings, a whole-school approach is outlined. The article reports on some insights of an empirical study that examined the relevance of active participation in, and exposure to, activities promoting sustainable consumption at schools.
KW - Sustainability education
KW - Consumer learning
KW - Education for sustainability consumption
KW - wohle-school approach
KW - participation
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6076bfb1-f2fa-3abf-a546-4b2a044d832b/
U2 - 10.1177/0973408212475266
DO - 10.1177/0973408212475266
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 6
SP - 301
EP - 312
JO - Journal of Education for Sustainable Development
JF - Journal of Education for Sustainable Development
SN - 0973-4082
IS - 2
ER -