Learning to govern oneself: environmental education pedagogy and the formation of an environmental subject
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Article Title | Learning to govern oneself: environmental education pedagogy and the formation of an environmental subject |
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ERA Journal ID | 20633 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Ferreira, Jo-Anne |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Environmental Education |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 1999 |
Place of Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0814-0626 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0814062600002585 |
Abstract | This paper uses the work of Weber and Foucault to explore the ways in which environmental education may operate as a site for forming and maintaining particular ethical competencies which most environmental educators argue are necessary in order to live in an ‘environmentally sustainable' manner. Environmental education practices, as evidenced in the Earthkeepers program, are examined to show how environmental education may be working in quite particular ways to construct specific ethical abilities and competencies in students. It is argued that we need to be far more concerned with and aware of the actual means we use to encourage students to live in an ‘environmentally sustainable' fashion. |
Keywords | environmental education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390499. Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Griffith University |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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