Communication and Learning for Sustainability

The role of public communication campaigns, the Internet, cyberspace, film and television will be explored using a range of examples. In many ways, the mediascape can be seen as being an environment through which we make sense of the world and of ourselves. This section of lectures will close with a brief discussion of the main features of‘education for sustainable development’, referencing both the formal learning taking place within institutions like schools, colleges, universities, etc., and the informal learning occurring outside the classroom in the community and in everyday life.

Therefore, after you have learned this chapter , you can 

1. Understand the role of public communication campaigns, the Internet, cyberspace, film and television to the education of sustainable development.

2. Know the main features of‘education for sustainable development’, referencing both the formal learning taking place within institutions like schools, colleges, universities, etc., and the informal learning occurring outside the classroom in the community and in everyday life.