Overview
- Presents a wide-ranging review of the current state of education for eco-social-cultural change
- Draws from and builds on a wide range of educational theories and thinkers
- Gathers interviews from a diverse range of critical educators
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Educational Futures (PSEF)
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About this book
The current ecological crisis is the consequence of entrenched attitudes, discourses and behaviours in human societies worldwide, fostered and reinforced through modern educational traditions, processes and institutions. This book envisions a radical transformation of education to focus on the mutual flourishing of human societies with the rest of life on Earth. In part, the authors suggest approaching this as a problem of systemic design, incorporating principles that challenge and undermine key premises of the Capitalocene—the socio-economic-political landscape sustaining the current educational regime. Tracing the implications of this transition, they review core assumptions of modern Western culture that need to shift, and identify a wide range of relevant capacities and practices grouped under four complementary educator “stances” for eco-social-cultural change.
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About the authors
Mark Fettes is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Canada. His work focuses on the dynamic interplay, or ecology, of imagination, language, land and community.
Sean Blenkinsop is Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His current research explores teacher education, school change, and the challenges of justice and the environmental crisis in a rapidly changing world.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Education as the Practice of Eco-Social-Cultural Change
Authors: Mark Fettes, Sean Blenkinsop
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Educational Futures
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45834-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45833-0Published: 18 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45836-1Due: 19 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-45834-7Published: 17 November 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 124
Topics: Educational Philosophy, Teaching and Teacher Education, Environmental and Sustainability Education