Provides an in-depth and engaging introduction to teaching and learning socio-environmental education, providing links to the Australian Curriculum.

Dr John Buchanan is an Associate Professor in Social and Environmental Education at the University of Technology, Sydney, where he also coordinates International Programs. His main teaching and research interests include intercultural education, including studies of religion and transitions, geography and environmental education, civics and citizenship education, and global and regional studies. He is a past president and journal editor of the NSW Primary HSIE (Human Society and its Environment) Teachers' Association. He has won university, state and national awards in teaching, and has undertaken commissioned research in various fields of the humanities, such as sustainability education, civics education and intercultural education.

Part I. Content Areas: 1. Education, the socio-environmental world and child; 2. Teaching history; 3. Planetary citizenship: geography and sustainability education; 4. Civics and citizenship education; 5. Intercultural education; 6. A world of difference: globalisation and education; Part II. Processes: 7. Creative teaching and assessment practices; 8. Teaching values; 9. Using the media; 10. Bringing it home and taking it out.