1st Edition

Promoting Transformative Practices for Sustainability in Early Childhood Education and Care Cultivating Critical, Participatory and Emancipatory Approaches

Edited By Fabio Dovigo, Sule Alici Copyright 2026
182 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Offering a fresh perspective on sustainability in the realm of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), Promoting Transformative Practices for Sustainability in Early Childhood Education and Care invites educators, policymakers and researchers to rethink how young children's engagement with sustainability extends beyond nature experiences, promoting a richer, multi-dimensional understanding.... Read more

Introduction

Fabio Dovigo and Şule Alıcı

Part I: Innovative Methodologies in ECEfS

1. Snapshots of Critical Participatory Action Research Based on Undergraduate Research Experience Projects

Şule Alıcı

2. Facilitating a Paradigm Shift in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability through Participatory Design of Outdoor Spaces in Kindergartens

Fabio Dovigo

3. Whole Centre Approaches in ECEfS: Time for Transformative Leadership and Change

Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér and Sue Elliott

Part II: Evaluating ECEfS Practices through Children’s Rights, Agency, and Well-Being

4. Are You a Bird Rescuer?

Ingrid Engdahl, Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson & Susanna Fors

5. Sustainability, Well-Being and Praxis with Children and Students

Nicky Hirst, Aisling Culshaw, Heather J. Ray, Ange Garden

6. Absent and Present Places: Perspectives on Childhood, Nature, and Society in Danish Early Childhood Education for Sustainability

Nanna Jordt Jørgensen, Mia Husted & Katrine Dahl Madsen

Conclusion

Şule Alıcı and Fabio Dovigo

 

Biography

Fabio Dovigo is a Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at L’Aquila University, Italy.

Şule Alıcı is an Associate Professor in the Elementary and Early Childhood Education Department at Kirsehir Ahi Evran University, Turkey.