Conscientious Consumerism: A Curriculum Pilot to Support the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Crawford, Elizabeth O.; Montague, Laura
- Source
- Childhood Education. Nov/Dec2017, Vol. 93 Issue 6, preceding p480-492. 14p.
- Subject
- *TEACHER educators
*SUSTAINABLE development
*CURRICULUM
*CHILD development
- Language
- ISSN
- 0009-4056
How can teachers integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into their classrooms? A teacher and teacher educator duo provide a wonderfully detailed account of how they designed and implemented a curriculum focused on SDG Goal 12, Responsible Consumption and Production. Through their journey to empower children to be critical and compassionate consumers, they show that children are ready to take action and solve real-world problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]