Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century

Lee, Kerrie; Boyd, Diane; Scollan, Angela

Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century

Lee, Kerrie; Boyd, Diane; Scollan, Angela

Authors

Mrs Kerrie Lee Kerrie.Lee@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Education with a specialism in Early Years and Early Childhood Studies/Director of Student Experience SoE

Diane Boyd

Angela Scollan

Contributors

Aaron Bradbury
Editor

Ruth Swailes
Editor

Philippa Thompson
Editor

Abstract

This chapter investigates levels of sustainability awareness and early childhood professionals confidence to engage with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in practice. It explores how understanding and knowledge of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in early childhood practice has been left wanting, therefore confidence to embrace and embed it requires attention. Further, in this chapter the authors explore the historical and contemporary impact of sustainability in early childhood whilst also discussing the ways forward, including an emphasis on the need to develop Sustainable Pedagogy

Citation

Lee, K., Boyd, D., & Scollan, A. (2025). Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century. In A. Bradbury, R. Swailes, & P. Thompson (Eds.), A Manifesto for Early Childhood (23-37). SAGE Publications

Online Publication Date	Apr 10, 2025
Publication Date	Apr 10, 2025
Deposit Date	Apr 10, 2025
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Pages	23-37
Book Title	A Manifesto for Early Childhood
Chapter Number	2
ISBN	9781036206024 ; 9781036206017
Keywords	early childhood, sustainability
Public URL	https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5128138
Publisher URL	https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/a-manifesto-for-early-childhood/book292165

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels