Overview
- First book to address the role of education in exploring the intersection of learning and food at the interface with sustainability
- Presents a broad pedagogical approach to the question of food, it will focus on learning, resistance and change in a number of key sites such as homes, communities, schools, and social movements
- Hones in on social movements as sites of resistance and change
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About this book
This edited volume explores the intersection of learning and food, both within and beyond the classroom, all within the context of sustainability. Taking a broad pedagogical approach to the question of food, it focuses on learning and change in a number of key sites including schools, homes, communities, and social movements, keeping in mind that we need to learn our way out of our current unsustainable food system and in to more sustainable alternatives.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Learning, Food, and Sustainability in the Home and Community
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Learning, Food, and Sustainability in the School
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Learning, Food, and Sustainability in Social Movements
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Learning, Food, and Sustainability: Tools for the Future
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Jennifer Sumner is Lecturer in the Adult Education and Community Development Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include food and food systems, co-operatives, globalization, sustainability, rural communities, and critical pedagogy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Learning, Food, and Sustainability
Book Subtitle: Sites for Resistance and Change
Editors: Jennifer Sumner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53904-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53903-8Published: 04 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53904-5Published: 14 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 270
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Education