Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world

Sustainability is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, yet current educational system perpetuates rather than alleviates the threats. The history of the emerging area of sustainability education is reviewed, including brief discussion on educational discourses, namely: humane education, e...

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Main Authors: Raphaely, Talia, Marinova, Dora
Format: Journal Article
Published: Inderscience 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27251
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description Sustainability is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, yet current educational system perpetuates rather than alleviates the threats. The history of the emerging area of sustainability education is reviewed, including brief discussion on educational discourses, namely: humane education, environmental education, ecopedagogy, education for sustainable development, education for a culture of peace and sustainability, participatory education and humanistic education. Drawing on their strengths and using examples related to climate change, sustainability humanistic education is described as an educational paradigm shift that releases individual potential to participate in a sustainability revolution. Three case studies showcase practical outcomes of this educational approach which empowers students to challenge the status quo, reject dominant practices and rather than assume existing positions in society, take the lead in creating a better world.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-272512017-09-13T15:33:15Z Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world Raphaely, Talia Marinova, Dora pedagogy humanistic education ecopedagogy humane education education peace education climate change case studies environment environmental education sustainability revolution sustainable development individual empowerment sustainability educational discourse participatory education Sustainability is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, yet current educational system perpetuates rather than alleviates the threats. The history of the emerging area of sustainability education is reviewed, including brief discussion on educational discourses, namely: humane education, environmental education, ecopedagogy, education for sustainable development, education for a culture of peace and sustainability, participatory education and humanistic education. Drawing on their strengths and using examples related to climate change, sustainability humanistic education is described as an educational paradigm shift that releases individual potential to participate in a sustainability revolution. Three case studies showcase practical outcomes of this educational approach which empowers students to challenge the status quo, reject dominant practices and rather than assume existing positions in society, take the lead in creating a better world. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27251 10.1504/IJEED.2013.055039 Inderscience fulltext
spellingShingle pedagogy
humanistic education
ecopedagogy
humane education
education
peace education
climate change
case studies
environment
environmental education
sustainability revolution
sustainable development
individual empowerment
sustainability
educational discourse
participatory education
Raphaely, Talia
Marinova, Dora
Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world
title Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world
title_full Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world
title_fullStr Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world
title_full_unstemmed Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world
title_short Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world
title_sort sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world
topic pedagogy
humanistic education
ecopedagogy
humane education
education
peace education
climate change
case studies
environment
environmental education
sustainability revolution
sustainable development
individual empowerment
sustainability
educational discourse
participatory education
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27251