TY - BOOK AU - Simovska,Venka AU - Mannix McNamara,Patricia ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Schools for Health and Sustainability: Theory, Research and Practice SN - 9789401791717 AV - RA565-600 U1 - 613.1 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer KW - environment KW - Educational sociology KW - Environmental Health KW - Education and sociology KW - Sociology, Educational KW - Childhood KW - Adolescence KW - Social groups KW - Environment KW - Childhood, Adolescence and Society KW - Sociology of Education N1 - Part 1: Health Promoting Schools and Education for Sustainable Development -- Part 2: Partnerships, Standards and Change -- Part 3: Examining Implementation -- Part 4: The Challenges of Evaluation and Evidence N2 - Schools are unique places. They pay a central role in the formation of young people. The importance of how young people are educated and how they are encouraged to live and learn cannot be underestimated. This book advocates for the fostering of agency not only amongst school personnel but also amongst younger generations for health and sustainability. It provides the reader with a new lens with which to discover health promoting schools and education for sustainable development. It invites the reader to look more deeply into both and to accompany the authors on a journey of discovery of the real potential for each to enhance the practice of schooling.  UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9171-7 ER -