Full Description
Teaching for EcoJustice is a unique resource for exploring the social roots of environmental problems in humanities-based educational settings and a curriculum guidebook for putting EcoJustice Education into practice. It provides model curriculum materials that apply the principles of EcoJustice Education, giving pre- and in-service teachers the ability to review examples of specific secondary and post-secondary classroom assignments, lessons, discussion prompts, and strategies that encourage students to think critically about how modern problems of sustainability and environmental destruction have developed, their root causes, and how they can be addressed. The author describes instructional methods she uses when teaching each lesson and shares insights from evaluations of the materials in her classroom and by other teachers. Interspersed between lessons is commentary about the rationale behind the materials and observations about their effect on students.
Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Why Teach for EcoJustice?
Unit 1: Nature and the Self
Unit 2: Language, Media, and Worldviews
Unit 3: Place
Unit 4: Food
Unit 5: Stuff - Production, Consumption, and Waste
Unit 6: Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors in U.S.-American History
Unit 7: Ethics and Environmental Justice
Unit 8: Imagining Possible Futures
Conclusion - Final Thoughts on the Lessons
List of Readings
Index
