Three Decades of International Guidelines for Environment-Related Education: A Critical Hermeneutic of the United Nations Discourse

Autor/inn/en	Sauve, Lucie; Berryman, Tom; Brunelle, Renee
Titel	Three Decades of International Guidelines for Environment-Related Education: A Critical Hermeneutic of the United Nations Discourse
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 12 (2007) 1, S.33-54 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1205-5352
Schlagwörter	Nonformal Education; Environmental Education; Guidelines; International Organizations; Sustainable Development; Hermeneutics; Educational Attitudes; Publications; Economic Development; Discourse Analysis; Critical Reading + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Richtlinien; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Hermeneutik; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Diskursanalyse; Kritisches Lesen
Abstract	The UNESCO-UNEP International Environmental Education Program (1975-1995) provided impetus for developing, legitimizing, and institutionalizing environmental education. More recently, UNESCO was mandated by the United Nations to carry out a worldwide shift towards education for sustainable development. As international organizations' recommendations and guidelines often act as beacons for the conception and implementation of national formal and nonformal education programs, it is necessary to critically appraise their content. Our hermeneutical analysis of United Nations documents concerning environmental education, which is now subsumed to sustainable development, highlights an instrumental view of education, a resourcist conception of the environment, and an economicist view of development. Such a worldview needs to be discussed. (Contains 4 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Lakehead University and Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. Lakehead University Faculty of Education, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada. Fax: 807-346-7771; e-mail: cjee@lakeheadu.ca; Web site: http://cjee.lakeheadu.ca
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10