Environmental Education 2.0: Toward a Theory of Ecologically Minded Teaching

• In Event: Roundtable Session 29
  In Roundtable Session: Values and Identity in Environmental Education

Abstract

Since the 1970s, the environmental education movement has been positioned as one of the primary means to cultivate the knowledge, values, dispositions, and behavior needed to preserve the planet. Research suggests, however, that environmental education has failed to meet its goals. New frameworks are pushing school reform broadly, and environmental education in particular, in innovative directions—what I call the Environmental Education 2.0 movement. In this study, I focus on one particular framework, EcoJustice education. Seven educators and I met regularly over the course of five months in a Critical Friends Group to learn together about Ecojustice and consider its implications for teaching. Analysis of these meeting transcripts and interviews revealed a deeper understanding of ecologically minded teaching.

Author

• Scott Morrison, Elon University