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Title: | Transformative Learning as a Ground-up Approach to Sustainable Development: Narratives from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta |
Authors: | Nguyen, Minh Quang Le, Van Nhuong Ho, Thi Thu Ho Le, Van Hieu Trinh, Chi Tham Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Phuc |
Keywords: | Transformative learning Education for sustainable development Community climate action Climate-resilient development VACB in Mekong Delta Mangrove-shrimp farming system |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Series/Report no.: | Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development;Vol. 16, No. 02 .- P.98-118 |
Abstract: | As the Vietnamese government continues to seek appropriate actions to move the national action on climate change forward, the emergence of grassroots sustainability initiatives has the potential to promote sustainability from the ground up. This paper reviews the current concepts of transformative learning (T-learning) and its importance through which some substantial linkages between T-learning and sustainability can be identifed. It outlines the environmental changes in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, which appear to serve as “disorienting dilemmas” that force the local people to learn and gradually transform their behaviors and lifestyle choices to align with a low-carbon and sustainable development. In an ideal T-learning approach, the major benefciaries are the small-scale farmers, women, and ethnic groups (learners). They learn by doing under the supervision of educators (experts) in feld-based schools that ofer real-life experience and encourage learners to shift from traditional farming practices to modern, eco-friendly agricultural models that promote local economic self-reliance and biodiversity conservation. The paper sheds new light on how a critical approach to education for sustainable development through T-learning is an appropriate form and why T-learning should be acknowledged as an important part of the broader approach to self-help, climate resilient development in vulnerable communities. |
URI: | https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/39586 |
Appears in Collections: | Tạp chí quốc tế |
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