Environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) are asserting their growing role in curricula around the world, yet how deeply embedded are they in the learning systems of the Pacific nations? Building on an earlier analysis in China and Taiwan, this volume expands its purview to examine the quality and extent of environmental and sustainable development education in a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including China itself, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia. As well as offering detailed national analyses provided by Asian-Pacific academics and professionals, this work includes examples in the US and Canada and an introduction that assesses the contrasting challenges and positive commonalities among diverse education systems.

The chapters reflect leading-edge practice, innovation, and depth of experience, and at the same time as detailing locally relevant and culturally appropriate strategies they also provide clear models and strategies for expanding the application and influence of education for sustainable development elsewhere. In doing so, they mirror the global nature of environmental issues as well as the local nature of the solutions.

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John Chi-Kin Lee is Vice President (Academic) and Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He also serves as the Changjiang Chair Professor and Director of Asia-Pacific Institute of Curriculum and Teaching Studies (APICTS) at Southwest University, China. **His research interests include geographical and environmental education, curriculum studies, teacher education and school improvement. His edited volumes include (with Michael Williams) Environmental and Geographical Education for Sustainability: Cultural Contexts (Nova Science: New York, 2006) and (with Michael Williams) Schooling for Sustainable Development: Chinese Experience with Younger Children (Springer: The Netherlands, 2009). He is the author, co-author and co-editor of more than twenty books, including the edited books Research on Education for Sustainable Development in Cross-Straits, Hong Kong and Macao (Guangzhou Education Press: Guangzhou, China, 2011) and (with Huang Yu and William H.T. Ma) Design and Implementation of School-based Environmental Education: Towards sustainable development (People's Education Press: Beijing, 2010).

Rob Efird is the Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Seattle University. His fieldwork research and peer-reviewed publications focus on the areas of Chinese environmental education and contemporary Sino-Japanese relations.

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Series Editors' Introduction; John Chi-Kin Lee, Michael Williams and Philip Stimpson.- PART I: BROAD THEMES AND ISSUES.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Schooling and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) across the Pacific; John Chi-Kin Lee and Rob Efird.- Chapter 2: It's not that Simple Anymore: Engaging the Politics of Culture and Identity within Environmental Education/Education for Sustainable Development (EE/ESD); Paul Hart and Catherine Hart.- Chapter 3: Researching Teachers' Thinking about Education for Sustainable Development; John Fien and Rupert Maclean.- Chapter 4: Excellence in Environmental Education for Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States; Bora Simmons.- PART II: CASE STUDIES / COUNTRY EXPERIENCES.- Chapter 5: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Chinese Schools: Rural-Urban Difference and Regional Variation in East and West China; Yushan Duan, John Chi-Kin Lee and Xiaoxu Lu.- Chapter 6: ESD Projects in Japanese Schools and in Non-Formal Education in Japan; Osamu Abe.- Chapter 7: The Development of Environmental Education Policy and Programs in Korea: Promoting Sustainable Development in School Environmental Education; Hye-Eun Chu and Yeon-A Son.- Chapter 8: The Environment, Sustainability and Universities in Indonesia: An Examination of the Nexus; Ko Nomura and Eko Agus Suyono.- Chapter 9: Green Universities in China: Concepts and Actions; Huang Yu and John Chi-Kin Lee.- Chapter 10: The Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples' Education in Taiwan; Shih-Tsen Liu, Yu-Ling Hsu and Wen-Hui Lin.- Chapter 11: ESD Projects, Initiatives and Research in Hong Kong and Mainland China; Eric Po Keung Tsang and John Chi Kin Lee.- Chapter 12: Education for Sustainable Development in Macao Secondary Schools: Issues and Challenges; William Hing-tong Ma and John Chi-Kin Lee.- Chapter 13: Programmatic Implementation of Environmental Education in an Elementary Educator Preparation Program: A Case Study; ChristineMoseley, Blanche Desjean-Perrotta and Courtney Crim.- Chapter 14: Making the Transition to Sustainability: Marshaling the Contributions of the Many; Gregory Smith.- Chapter 15: Closing the Green Gap: Policy and Practice in Chinese Environmental Education; Robert Efird.- Index.