ERIC Number: EJ1184839
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 14
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Joining the Dots through Scottish Crofting Education: Rural Development, Crofting Futures and Educational Opportunities
Britton, Alan; Hunt, Rachel; Blee, Harry
Scottish Educational Review, v49 n2 p72-85 2017
The 'Crofting Connections' (Ceanglaichean Croitearachd) project is described in this article as an exemplar of the prescribed 'Scottish approach' to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Drawing upon the evaluation of this project an argument is made for increased attention to such initiatives that seek to (re)connect children with issues of community, heritage, land and place. In doing so, we also call for a reconceptualization of crofting in academic discourse and in the curriculum. While crofting is a specifically Scottish phenomenon, this may be of interest to readers in other nations with similar small scale agricultural traditions.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Development, Sustainable Development, Agricultural Education, Program Effectiveness
Scottish Educational Review. School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, Scotland, UK. e-mail: ser@stir.ac.uk; Website: http://www.scotedreview.org.uk
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)
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