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Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis: Toward Deep Changes
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Bowers examines how the educational process perpetuates cultural myths that contribute to the ecological crisis, particularly how thought patterns from the past are reproduced through the metaphorical language used in the classroom. He suggests that a more ecologically sustainable ideology is being formulated by such writers as Aldo Leopold and Wendell Berry. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Introduction
ch. 1 The Cultural Aspects of the Ecological Crisis
ch. 2 The Conservative Misinterpretation of the Educational Crisis
ch. 3 The Liberal Impasse: Technocrats and Emancipators
ch. 4 Anthropocentrism in Textbooks
ch. 5 Toward Deep Changes in the Educational Process
ch. 6 The Political and Spiritual Dimensions of the Ecological Crisis: Toward a New Sense of Balance
Notes
Index
Bowers examines how the educational process perpetuates cultural myths that contribute to the ecological crisis, particularly how thought patterns from the past are reproduced through the metaphorical language used in the classroom. He suggests that a more ecologically sustainable ideology is being formulated by such writers as Aldo Leopold and Wendell Berry. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Introduction
ch. 1 The Cultural Aspects of the Ecological Crisis
ch. 2 The Conservative Misinterpretation of the Educational Crisis
ch. 3 The Liberal Impasse: Technocrats and Emancipators
ch. 4 Anthropocentrism in Textbooks
ch. 5 Toward Deep Changes in the Educational Process
ch. 6 The Political and Spiritual Dimensions of the Ecological Crisis: Toward a New Sense of Balance
Notes
Index