Social Learning In Environmental Management

by KEEN, MEG; DYBALL, ROB; Brown, Valerie A.

• ISBN13: 9781844071838
• ISBN10: 1844071839
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-30
• Publisher: Earthscan / James & James

Summary

How can we understand and achieve sustainability? How can we re-school society towards sustainability? Throughout life we learn, we develop meanings and connections, and we act. This book explores the possibilities for developing a sustainable society thr

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes	v
List of Contributors	viii
Acknowledgements	xvi
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	xviii
Section 1 A Social Learning Approach to Environmental Management
1 Social Learning: A New Approach to Environmental Management	3	(19)
Meg Keen, Valerie A. Brown and Rob Dyball
2 Traditions of Understanding: Language, Dialogue and Experience	22	(19)
Ray Ison
3 Complex Adaptive Systems: Constructing Mental Models	41	(22)
Rob Dyball, Sara Beavis and Stefan Kaufman
Section 2 Learning Partnerships with Communities
4 Communities' Self-determination: Whose Interests Count?	63	(15)
Jennifer Andrew and Ian Robottom
5 Partnerships in Civil Society: Linking Bridging and Bonding Social Capital	78	(13)
Rory Eames
6 Combining People, Place and Learning	91	(13)
Tom Measham and Richard Baker
7 Collaborative Learning: Bridging Scales and Interests	104	(19)
Meg Keen and Sango Mahanty
Section 3 Learning Partnerships with Government
8 Linking Community and Government: Islands and Beaches	123	(23)
Valerie A. Brown and Jennifer Pitcher
9 Changing Governments: Councils Embracing the Precautionary Principle	146	(24)
Victoria Critchley and Jennifer Scott
10 Felt Knowing: A Foundation for Local Government Practice	170	(21)
Greg Walkerden
Section 4 Personal and Professional Learning
11 The Ethics of Social Engagement: Learning to Live and Living to Learn	191	(16)
John Harris and Peter Deane
12 Science Communication for Scientists: Reshaping a Culture	207	(17)
Sue Stocklmayer, Mike Gore and Chris Bryant
13 The Reflective Practitioner: Practising What We Preach	224	(23)
Valerie A. Brown, Robert Dyball, Meg Keen, Judy Lambert and Nicki Mazur
Section 5 Learning for the Future
14 Lessons from the Past, Learning for the Future	247	(19)
Valerie A. Brown, Meg Keen and Rob Dyball
Index	266