Description
Fumiko Noguchi is currently a research fellow at the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Program at the UNU-IAS. Born in Tokyo, Noguchi received an undergraduate degree in international economics and finance from Tsuda University. After her first career experience in banking in Japan, she moved to Australia to obtain a Master’s degree in Environmental Education at Griffith University. Since then, she has lived, worked, and studied in Japan and Australia. She completed her Ph.D. in ESD at RMIT University. She has gained extensive experience in practice, policy advocacy, research, teaching, and module development for ESD in the Asia-Pacific region for over twenty years. Throughout, she has consistently taken a community-based approach, valuing indigenous and local knowledge and learning. Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Unpacking the Silencing of ESD.- Part I: Critical Ethnography.- Chapter 3: Indigenous Ainu Rights Recovery Movement in Japan.- Chapter 4: Socially-Critical Approach to ESD: Light and Shadow.- Chapter 5: Letting Go.- Part II: Critical Ethnography Research Beyond Socially Critical-ESD.- Chapter 6: Swing.- Chapter 7: Rethinking ESD from the Perspectives of a Socially-Marginalised Individual.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Critical Reflection of Socially-Critical ESD and a Praxis Framework for ESD in a Community Development Context.
