ISBN:
9781138018839
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (415 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Series Statement:
Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
Parallel Title:
Print version EcoJustice Education : Toward Diverse, Democratic, and Sustainable Communities
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
EcoJustice Education offers a powerful model for cultural ecological analysis and a pedagogy of responsibility, providing teachers and teacher educators with the information and classroom practices they need to help develop citizens who are prepared to support and achieve diverse, democratic, and sustainable societies in an increasingly globalized world. Readers are asked to consider curricular strategies to bring these issues to life in their own classrooms across disciplines. Designed for introductory educational foundations and multicultural education courses, the text is written in a narra
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents in Brief; Table of Contents; Preface; Why This Book; Chapter Overview and Changes in the Second Edition; How to Use This Book; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Purposes of Education in an Age of Ecological Crises and Worldwide Insecurities; Introduction; The Challenges We Face; A Cultural Ecological Analysis; EcoJustice Education; Other Related Approaches; What Is Education For?; Why We Teach for EcoJustice: A Pedagogy of Responsibility; Conceptual Toolbox; Suggested Readings and Other Resources
Description / Table of Contents:
2 Rethinking Diversity and Democracy for Sustainable CommunitiesIntroduction; Linking Diversity, Democracy, and Sustainability; Diversity as the Strength of All Communities; Community and Diversity; Basic Principles of Democracy: How Should We Live Together?; Liberal/Representative Democracy, Strong Democracy, and Earth Democracy; What Schools and Teachers Can Do; Conceptual Toolbox; Suggested Readings and Other Resources; 3 Cultural Foundations of the Crisis: A Cultural/Ecological Analysis; Introduction; On Difference, Intelligence, and an ""Ecology of Mind""
Description / Table of Contents:
Language, Knowledge, and IdentityLanguage, Dualism, and Hierarchized Thinking; Metaphors and the Construction of Thought; Value Hierarchies, Centric Thinking, and a Logic of Domination; Discourses of Sustainable Cultures; What Schools and Teachers Can Do; Conceptual Toolbox; Suggested Readings and Other Resources; 4 Learning Anthropocentrism: An EcoJustice Approach to Human Supremacy and Education; Introduction; Back to Bateson and Descartes; ""The Superior Human?""; Institutionalizing Human Supremacism: Examining Biotechnology, Agribusiness, and Animal Entertainment Industries
Description / Table of Contents:
On Learning Shame and SilenceK-12 Schools and Higher Education; Enacting a Pedagogy of Responsibility; Conclusion; What Schools and Teachers Can Do; Conceptual Toolbox; Suggested Readings and Other Resources; 5 Learning Androcentrism: An EcoJustice Approach to Gender and Education; Introduction; A Few Definitions; Revisiting Metaphor and Dualistic Thinking; Historical Background; Gendered Education in the 20th Century; Sexism in the Classroom and Curriculum; Learning the Double Standard: Sexual Harassment and the Dangerous Politics of the Body
Description / Table of Contents:
It Hurts Both Ways: The Making and Performance of Multiple MasculinitiesSexuality, ""Heteronormativity,"" and Centric Thinking; Conclusion; What Schools and Teachers Can Do; Conceptual Toolbox; Suggested Readings and Other Resources; 6 Learning Our Place in the Social Hierarchy: An EcoJustice Approach to Class Inequality; Introduction; Historical Context; Class Myths and Realities; Class and the Logic of Domination; Meritocracy and Intelligence Testing; Reproduction of Class in Schools; Academic Achievement, School Funding, and Social Class; Examining the Culture of Schools
Description / Table of Contents:
Identity and Resistance: The Psychological Consequences of Class
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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