Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis - Toward Deep Changes

This book is an examination of how the educational process perpetuates cultural myths contributing to the ecological crisis. In addressing the cultural and educational dimensions of the ecological crisis, the book illuminates educational issues associated with the hidden nature of culture, particularly how thought patterns formed in the past are reproduced through the metaphorical language used in the classroom. It examines why both conservative and liberal educational critics ignore the ecological crisis, and suggests that a more ecologically sustainable ideology is being formulated by such thinkers as Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, and Gregory Bateson.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

C. A. Bowers has taught at the University of Oregon and Portland State University and lives in Eugene, Oregon, where he writes and lectures on the cultural implications of the ecological crisis and technology. His most recent books include Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis: Toward Deep Changes and Educating for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture: Rethinking Moral Education, Creativity, Intelligence, and Other Modern Orthodoxies, both published by SUNY Press.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: C A Bowers, C. A. Bowers
• Verlag: SUNY Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.12.1992
• EAN: 9780791412565
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1256-5
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Gewicht: 396 g
• Serien: Suny Series, Philosophy of Edu; Suny Series, Philosophy of Edu
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein