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Integrating Sustainability into School Practices: A Model of Developing Green Schools

Integrating Sustainability into School Practices: A Model of Developing Green Schools

Ting Wang
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781466663121|ISBN10: 146666312X|EISBN13: 9781466663138
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6312-1.ch026
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Wang, Ting. "Integrating Sustainability into School Practices: A Model of Developing Green Schools." Marketing the Green School: Form, Function, and the Future, edited by Tak C. Chan, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 330-341. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6312-1.ch026

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Wang, T. (2015). Integrating Sustainability into School Practices: A Model of Developing Green Schools. In T. Chan, E. Mense, K. Lane, & M. Richardson (Eds.), Marketing the Green School: Form, Function, and the Future (pp. 330-341). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6312-1.ch026

Chicago

Wang, Ting. "Integrating Sustainability into School Practices: A Model of Developing Green Schools." In Marketing the Green School: Form, Function, and the Future, edited by Tak C. Chan, et al., 330-341. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6312-1.ch026

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Abstract

Education for sustainability remains fragmented because human knowledge of green schools and sustainability is not enough. This chapter develops a model to help school leaders and the general public to understand the importance of building green schools and implementing sustainable practices. This model provides a general overview of how to integrate sustainability into school practices. Student awareness is the key of the model, which indicates that sustainability can be realized at school if students have stronger environmental awareness. School leaders' attitudes are very decisive at the beginning of a new program. Meanwhile, school leaders have to face social pressure, which would ease the program or make it difficult to be implemented. Last but not least, some potential impacts, such as funding issues, could impact the implementation of green school practices. The chapter ends in presenting recommendations for implementing green school practices based on the proposed model.

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