Overview

This book shares real-life case studies taken from GreenSCENT, a three-year EU-funded project that promotes sustainability through the development of digital platforms and tools, green education programme, and climate and environmental literacy certification. To date there has been little work published on the application of the European Green Deal in educational programmes and, while environmental education is very dynamic at present, this area has received scant attention. Seeking to remedy this critical omission, this book represents the first application of the Green Deal topics in the classroom. It examines environmental education from an academic perspective, looking specifically at the development of digital tools used to promote sustainability and provides recommendations for their practical application. The authors also discuss ways to engage larger and more diverse audiences (children, young people, and adults across socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds) on the topic of sustainability through activities such as air quality monitoring, Climathons, and Youth Assemblies. As the highlighting factors are inclusivity, accessible design, and responsible research and innovation, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of European environmental policy and environmental education.

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Author:   Sarah Anne McDonagh ,  Alessandro Caforio ,  Alessandro Pollini
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032795379

ISBN 10:   1032795379
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   28 November 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: Sarah Anne McDonagh, Alessandro Caforio and Alessandro Pollini. Part 1 - Theoretical and methodological approaches Chapter 1: Environmental Education - Loukas Katikas and Sofoklis Sotiriou. Chapter 2: GreenSCENT Competency Framework - Andrea Tomassi, Andrea Falegnami, Linda Meleo, and Elpidio Romano. Chapter 3: User Stories, motivation for behavioural change and educational challenges - Gian Andrea Giacobone, Alessandro Pollini and Alessandro Caforio. Chapter 4: Design research for regeneration and care - Alessandro Pollini and Gian Andrea Giacobone. Chapter 5: Sustainability for all: The importance of implementing EU accessibility policies in the Green Deal - Pilar Orero. Chapter 6: Responsible Research and Innovation: Looking for answers - Mattias Friis Jørgensen, Nina Wessberg, Maria Akerman, Zarrin Fatima, and Teuvo Uusitalo. Part 2 - Experiences and demonstrators Chapter 7: Digital demonstrators development - Alessandra Aurelio and Vladimiro Scotto Di Carlo. Chapter 8: Youth Assemblies: Youth engagement for green learning and action - Mattias Friis Jørgensen, Ditte Maria Burmeister, Sif Juhl Jacobsen and Ida Skov Nielsen. Chapter 9: Climathon - Manfred Mudelsee, Uglješa Stankov, Biljana Basarin and Miroslav Vujičić. Chapter 10: Development of air pollution app - Diana Urquiza. Chapter 11: Testing air quality with school children - Lorena Banyuls and Jaume Targa. Part 3 - Recommendations, legacy and resilience Chapter 12: School environmental education best practices (Living Lab - Whole school approach) - Loukas Katikas and Sofoklis Sotiriou. Chapter 13: GreenSCENT Competency Framework in application: A knowledge graph for visual exploration - Andrea Tomassi, Elpidio Romano, and Andrea Falegnami. Chapter 14: Accessibility in the context of the European Green Deal: Lessons from the GreenSCENT project - Sarah Anne McDonagh. Chapter 15: Assessing the impact of the GreenSCENT project - Zarrin Fatima, Teuvo Uusitalo, and Jyri Hanski. Index

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Sarah Anne McDonagh is a postdoctoral researcher at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) in the TransMedia Catalonia lab. Sarah’s research focuses on media accessibility, specifically access to cultural heritage and sustainability. She has authored several articles on media accessibility. She has previously worked as a research assistant on the Accessible Culture and Training (ACT) Project and been involved in the development of accessible media content for the Prisons Memory Archive in Northern Ireland. Alessandro Caforio, PhD, is the Head of Research at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome. Formerly, he was the Director of Research and Innovation at International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, coordinating the design and management of research projects focused on learning technologies, social inclusion and social innovation, and ICT-enabled accessibility in higher and professional education. He has been involved in and has managed European projects in the Lifelong Learning, Creative Europe, Erasmus+ and Horizon programs. Alessandro Pollini, PhD, is an associate professor in Industrial Design at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO. He has a background in interaction design, human-computer interaction and cognitive ergonomics. During his career he has developed an interdisciplinary practice by structuring the design activity in multiple areas, from user research, ergonomics and cognitive sciences to the theories and methods of digital product design and software engineering. His focus is on the design of interactive and relational products and services and on the functional, formal and use implementation of technology, dealing with the holistic, distributed, embodied and situational nature of people's experience.

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