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This is a review of the book Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush of Public Education.

Effective pension management, financial education curricula in schools, internationally comparable data on financial literacy and the evaluation of the effectiveness of financial education programs are highlighted in this book. Surveys show that financial literacy levels are typically low around the world, despite the widening access to financial services and the increasing financial risks borne by households in many countries. This suggests that there will be mounting challenges for households and SMEs to invest wisely and effectively as societies age and governments shift away from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes. Individuals will increasingly have to make complex financial decisions to plan for their retirement and for a range of foreseen and unforeseen expenditures. All of these developments suggest that financial education should be part of a lifetime process that starts at an early age and is pursued throughout adulthood.

Effective pension management, financial education curricula in schools, internationally comparable data on financial literacy and the evaluation of the effectiveness of financial education programs are highlighted in this book. Surveys show that financial literacy levels are typically low around the world, despite the widening access to financial services and the increasing financial risks borne by households in many countries. This suggests that there will be mounting challenges for households and SMEs to invest wisely and effectively as societies age and governments shift away from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes. Individuals will increasingly have to make complex financial decisions to plan for their retirement and for a range of foreseen and unforeseen expenditures. All of these developments suggest that financial education should be part of a lifetime process that starts at an early age and is pursued throughout adulthood.

Education has been a central priority for Chile since the return of a democratic government in 1990. Thanks to a sustained economic growth and a commitment to increasing public investment in education, Chile has made a number of key improvements to the education system during this period

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Purpose
– This study investigated whether a course which focused on raising students' awareness of sustainability, from a balanced perspective, that is, one which gives equal consideration to the social and economic aspects as well as the environmental would produce graduates with the knowledge and commitment required to drive the sustainability agenda forward. The paper aims to discuss these issues.


Design/methodology/approach
– An analysis of students' final entries in their reflective journal was used to explore whether their views on sustainability reflected a balanced view.


Findings
– The findings of this research confirmed previous studies showed that initially students do have an enviro-centric bias. It also showed that despite experiencing a pedagogical approach which challenged views by encouraging discussion, debate, and reflection and which provided what was considered to be a balanced view of sustainability, many of the students still leaned towards an environmentally focused perspective of sustainability.


Research limitations/implications
– The conclusions are based on one data set but are supported by other data described in the paper.


Practical implications
– The finding led the authors to conclude that a concerted holistic effort within and across courses is needed within tertiary institutions if students' views about sustainability are to be challenged.


Originality/value
– The outcomes demonstrate that students' reflective journals can be used to gather information about the change in students' perceptions about sustainability.

Intro -- Foreword -- Multiple Personal Research Journeys and Possible Support Structures -- Graduate School as a Way of Collaborating and Developing -- Summer and Seasonal Schools as Important Meeting Places -- Networks as Foundations for Seasonal Schools and International Collaborations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Importance of Environmental and Sustainability Education -- Narrative Lens -- Country Context Lens -- Transdisciplinary Lens -- Temporal Lens -- Description of Chapters -- Key Themes -- Summary of Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2: Deep Valleys, Dense Swamps, Narratives from a Life-World of a PhD-Student -- Once Upon a Time -- The Valley of Identity Crisis -- The Swamp of Planning Seminar -- Lively Meetings with Like-Minded But Different Colleagues -- Unhealthily High Levels of Stress -- A Turning Point -- Looking Ahead -- Addendum -- Epilogue -- Encountering Disorienting Dilemmas -- A Paradigm Shift Is Required -- Exodus -- References -- Chapter 3: The Process of Doctoral Studies as a Research Journey in a Sea of Diverse Feelings and Experiences -- From My Comfort Zone to the Travel for a New World -- Surfing on a Sea of Feelings -- Falling in Love -- Gaining Knowledge -- Becoming a Couple -- Reaching Stability -- Languages and Experiences: Ideas to Get Through the Crisis! -- Addendum -- References -- Chapter 4: Believing your Research Can Change the World Helps -- Introduction -- The Researcher as a Protagonist -- The Research Experience -- Research Training -- Collection of Data -- Research Findings -- Troubles, Triumphs and New Beginning -- References -- Chapter 5: Searching for a Center of Gravity Among Different Cultural, Educational and Epistemological Contexts During My Doctoral Studies.