
Transformative Sustainability Education
Reimagining Our Future
Elizabeth A. Lange(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2023
Book
Hardback
438 pages
978-0-367-74704-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book lays out the principles and practices of transformative sustainability education using a relational way of thinking and being.
Elizabeth A. Lange advocates for a new approach to environmental and sustainability education, that of rethinking the Western way of knowing and being and engendering a frank discussion about the societal elements that are generating climate, environmental, economic, and social issues. Highlighting the importance of Indigenous and life-giving cultures, the book covers educational theory, transformation stories of adult learners, social and economic critique, and visions of changemakers. Each chapter also has a strong pedagogical element, with entry points for learners and embodied practices and examples of taking action at micro/meso/macro levels woven throughout. Overall, this book enacts a relational approach to transformative sustainability education that draws from post humanist theory, process thought, relational ontology, decolonization theory, Indigenous philosophy, and a spirituality that builds a sense of sacred towards the living world.
Written in an imaginative, storytelling manner, this book will be a great resource for formal and nonformal environmental and sustainability educators.
Elizabeth A. Lange advocates for a new approach to environmental and sustainability education, that of rethinking the Western way of knowing and being and engendering a frank discussion about the societal elements that are generating climate, environmental, economic, and social issues. Highlighting the importance of Indigenous and life-giving cultures, the book covers educational theory, transformation stories of adult learners, social and economic critique, and visions of changemakers. Each chapter also has a strong pedagogical element, with entry points for learners and embodied practices and examples of taking action at micro/meso/macro levels woven throughout. Overall, this book enacts a relational approach to transformative sustainability education that draws from post humanist theory, process thought, relational ontology, decolonization theory, Indigenous philosophy, and a spirituality that builds a sense of sacred towards the living world.
Written in an imaginative, storytelling manner, this book will be a great resource for formal and nonformal environmental and sustainability educators.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
65 s/w Abbildungen, 47 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 18 s/w Zeichnungen
18 Line drawings, black and white; 47 Halftones, black and white; 65 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
866 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-74704-6 (9780367747046)
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Person
Elizabeth A. Lange is Honorary and Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Futures of the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. At three Canadian universities, she has served as a professor in adult and lifelong education with over 40 years' experience as a formal and nonformal transformative educator. She is a scholar of transformative learning, sustainability education, and transcultural learning, winning awards for her research.
Author
Institute of Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Content
1 Seeding Life-Giving Cultures 2 How Did We Get Here? 3 Waves of Environmentalism, Development, and Backlash 4 Environmental Education 5 Sustainability Education 6 Transformative Sustainability Education 7 The Modern Story of Education 8 Our Great Work: Reimagining Education and our Future