Eco-Rational Education - An Educational Response to Environmental Crisis

Eco-Rational Education proposes an educational response to climate change, environmental degradation, and human relations to ecology through the delivery of critical land-responsive environmental education.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Albert Camus: insights into moral education 2. Economic rationality and ecological failure 3. The myth of reversal: identity, history, and the colonial imagination 4. Truth, certainty, and the limits of knowledge 5. History: lessons in time and identity formation 6. Dwelling in uncertainty 7. A pedagogy of lucidity

About the author

Simone Thornton Lectures in Philosophy, at the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong, and is an Honorary Research Fellow, at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland. Her research intersects social and political philosophy, educational philosophy, and environmental education, with a focus on developing ecologically rational forms of education.

Summary

Eco-Rational Education proposes an educational response to climate change, environmental degradation, and human relations to ecology through the delivery of critical land-responsive environmental education.

Product details

• Authors: Simone Thornton, Simone (University of Wollongong Thornton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9780367700799
• ISBN: 978-0-367-70079-9
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Sustainability, EDUCATION / General, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Curricula, Educational psychology, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy