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A Response to Reorienting Teacher Education Towards Sustainability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2014

Jo-Anne Ferreira
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lisa Ryan
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Daniella Tilbury
Affiliation:
The University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Extract

It is 7 years since we wrote this article, yet the reorientation of teacher education towards sustainability remains a challenge. However, there have been some pockets of progress internationally and in Australia (Belgeonne, Clough, Inman, Rogers, & Warwick, 2014; UNECE, 2012).

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Copyright © The Author(s) 2014 

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