Chapter 1: Ecosocial Work and Transformational Teaching and Learning: Navigating Through Complex and Contested Concepts

The chapter presents and discusses different perspectives on a range of concepts—sustainability, sustainable development, justice, resilience, and ecosocial work—in considering the mutually interdependent relationship between the human and biophysical environments within social work education. It dissects and analyzes the diversities and complexities inherent in the concepts that are considered. The chapter considers the implications of this discussion for designing and implementing transformative social work education.