A Critique of Water Scarcity Discourses in Educational Policy and Textbooks in Jordan

Autor/in	Hussein, Hussam
Titel	A Critique of Water Scarcity Discourses in Educational Policy and Textbooks in Jordan
Quelle	In: Journal of Environmental Education, 49 (2018) 3, S.260-271 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hussein, Hussam)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-8964
DOI	10.1080/00958964.2017.1373620
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Water; Textbook Content; Textbooks; Environmental Education; Sustainability; Teaching Methods; Documentation; Semi Structured Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Secondary School Teachers; Student Attitudes; High School Graduates; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Wasser; Lehrbuchtext; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Nachhaltigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Dokumentation; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin
Abstract	This article investigates the representation of water scarcity in Jordanian textbooks to understand its role on improving education on environmental sustainability. People's understanding of an issue guides their actions toward finding and implementing appropriate solutions to what they perceive as a problem. Discourses are key in constructing people's understanding of issues, in this case, water scarcity. This article shows the role of textbooks and of the educational system in constructing a discourse of water scarcity that frames the issue as due to nature, to neighboring countries, and to refugees. It then demonstrates how this framing opens and drives toward supply-side solutions and discusses to what extent the representations of water scarcity strive to achieve a better education on environmental sustainability. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01