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Social Media-Based Communities of Practice for Education in Citizenship and Sustainability

Social Media-Based Communities of Practice for Education in Citizenship and Sustainability

Dimitra Florou, Dimitris Gouscos
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781466648524|ISBN10: 146664852X|EISBN13: 9781466648531
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4852-4.ch055
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Florou, Dimitra, and Dimitris Gouscos. "Social Media-Based Communities of Practice for Education in Citizenship and Sustainability." Sustainable Practices: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 988-1008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4852-4.ch055

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Florou, D. & Gouscos, D. (2014). Social Media-Based Communities of Practice for Education in Citizenship and Sustainability. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Sustainable Practices: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 988-1008). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4852-4.ch055

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Florou, Dimitra, and Dimitris Gouscos. "Social Media-Based Communities of Practice for Education in Citizenship and Sustainability." In Sustainable Practices: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 988-1008. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4852-4.ch055

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Abstract

In this chapter we support the view that communities of practice (CoPs) with the support of social media can serve the education for citizenship and sustainability, with a clear benefit on citizens' culture towards future public reforms. This has led to the development and implementation of the policy for sustainability, which is a European and national strategic objective. The chapter begins with a small analysis of public sector reform towards sustainability and the presentation of the basic principles of education for sustainability and citizenship (ESDC) and the model of CoPs and the social media that facilitate their use. It focuses on the analysis of the three models of belonging -engagement, imagination, alignment- in the application of CoPs for ESDC. In combination with this analysis we demonstrate that CoPs can be supported by social media. Finally the chapter reinforces the view that the development of such communities in education offers on the long run the ability to remodel the public sphere, strengthen public consultation, promote proposals from the citizens, promote the policy of sustainability, and finally, the efficient use of new technologies, both in society and education.

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