Building a Sustainable Future Through International ECE Partnership Programmes  

作　　者：Asta Birkeland Minyi Li 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Education,Arts and Sports,Western Norway University of Applied Sciences(Høgskulen paVestlandet),Postbox 7030,Bergen 5020,Norway [2]Beijing Normal University

出　　处：《ECNU Review of Education》2019年第4期458-474,共17页华东师大教育评论（英文）

摘　　要：Purpose:Taking a particular example of an international partnership programme,this article aims to discuss kindergartens’participation in international partnership programmes as compelling vehicles for promoting early childhood education for sustainability(ECEfS).The partnership programme included Western Norway University of Applied Sciences,Beijing Normal University,East China Normal University,and kindergartens in Norway and China.Researchers,postgraduate students,kindergarten principals,and teachers participated in the programme,their key concern being to promote competencies for sustainability and agents for change.Design/Approach/Methods:The article is based upon research with a phenomenological approach to Chinese and Norwegian kindergarten teachers’and principals’experiences of participating in an international partnership programme.The data for this article consisted of reflective notes from the teachers and principals and recordings of teachers’and principals’reflections in a joint seminar in the kindergarten network.Findings:This article argues that ethical normative,dialogical,and anticipatory approaches are pivotal within international ECEfS partnership programmes.Originality/Value:The article has the potential to address international partnership programmes,involving different stakeholders,as vital in promoting ECEfS.It also urges international partnership programmes to promote glocality in ECEfS(i.e.,local situatedness with global awareness).

关 键 词：Agents for change cultural sustainability partnership programme sustainability competencies 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]