Environment Education in Indian Schools: The Search for a New Language
| Autor: | Carol D’Souza, Milind Brahme, M. Suresh Babu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Discourse analysis 05 social sciences Primary education 050301 education 030206 dentistry Education for sustainable development Environmental studies 03 medical and health sciences Educational research Critical discourse analysis 0302 clinical medicine Environmental education Pedagogy Sociology business 0503 education Curriculum |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Education for Sustainable Development. 14:174-189 |
| ISSN: | 0973-4074 0973-4082 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0973408220978845 |
| Popis: | This article analyses the National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks of environmental studies using critical discourse analysis to shed light on questions such as how the environment is dealt with in the text, using what kind of language are environmental concerns framed, how is the current environment crisis contextualized both in terms of ecological and social justice, if at all, and what solutions are suggested in this regard. The article finds that though the content of the textbooks exhibits strong social contextualizing of learners’ surroundings, the thrust is anthropocentric, and the environment figures only as a peripheral concern. Themes such as gender, caste, hygiene, culture, equality and discrimination emerge stronger than those of biodiversity, conservation, pollution, water crisis and global warming. While the in-built thrust on conviviality in the textbooks is necessary and heartening, a better infusion of the current predicament in terms of the environment crisis and how it could be mitigated is recommended. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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