Journal article
The Geopolitics of Environmental Education
Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society, Vol.10(2), pp.64-83
2018
Abstract
This article analyzes the geopolitical imaginations promoted via environmental education in the school textbooks of five states in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In doing so, it builds bridges between critical studies of education and political ecology. It shows that, when addressing environmental problems, the textbooks examined depoliticize environmental problems and sustain political and economic power structures. They do so by individualizing responsibility for environmental problems, legitimizing political and economic elites, associating environmental protection with wider societal goals, and externalizing environmental problems.
Details
- Title
- The Geopolitics of Environmental Education
- Authors/Creators
- T. Ide (Author/Creator)A. Alwan (Author/Creator)K. Bader (Author/Creator)N. Dougui (Author/Creator)M. Husseini (Author/Creator)E. Imad (Author/Creator)F.G.A.H. Marzouk (Author/Creator)A.M.T. Moustafa (Author/Creator)R. Spielhaus (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society, Vol.10(2), pp.64-83
- Publisher
- Berghahn Journals
- Identifiers
- 991005543832907891
- Copyright
- © 2018 Berghahn Books
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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