Ways of Transforming Human-Animal Relations Through Education and Schooling: Translating Existing Theories Into Practice

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

As we confront the significant effects of climate change and escalating rates of species extinction, educational research and practice have important roles to play. There are a range of theoretical approaches to animal issues with different views on the pedagogical treatment of animals, desired alternatives to the status quo, and the outcomes that could emerge from collaboration between research and practice-based educational stakeholders. This panel gathers representatives from environmental education, critical animal studies, and critical posthumanism, to examine the differences and convergences in theory and practice. This session is animated by two timely questions. First, how could we (educators/researchers) respond to the idea of thinking of animals as stakeholders in? Second, what would doing so mean for pedagogical practice?

Sub Unit

• SIG-Environmental Education

Chair

• Pauliina Rautio, University of Oulu

Papers

• Animals in Education and Schooling: From Theory to Practice - Maria Helena Saari, University of Oulu; John William Drew, The University of Western Ontario

• Human Supremacy and Learning to Recognize Equity in All Species: The More-Than-Human Accomplices in Educational Collaborations - John Joseph Lupinacci, Washington State University - Pullman

• Living and Dying With Buttons: Reconfiguring Education Through Posthumanist Pedagogies - Karen Malone, Swinburne University of Technology

• Other Animals and Humans as Stakeholders in Educational Research: Challenging the Logics of Animalization and Dehumanization - Teresa Lloro, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Discussant

• Pauliina Rautio, University of Oulu