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Book SynopsisBuilding on Paulo Freire's educational theory and critical pedagogy movements, this book provides a short and accessible introduction to ecopedagogy Freirean environmental teaching and environmentalism overall. Ecopedagogy offers a political and educational vision that strives for a critical, culturally relevant forms of knowledge centred on sustainability for securing the future of our planet, ending all forms of oppression, and ensuring peace globally. Using examples from around the globe, Misiaszek shows how different populations (e.g., gender, race, ethnicity) are affected in unbalanced ways by ongoing environmental destruction and argues that these systematic socio-environmental inequalities are ignored in much of environmental teaching. He argues through reinventing Freire's work that environmental justice is inseparable to social justice and should be seen as part of wider debates around, for example, globalization, development, citizenship, racism, feminism, neo/colonializatio
Trade ReviewGiven the environmental dangers we face, a critical educational response is especially important now. This makes
Freire and Environmentalism is a truly timely book. * Michael W. Apple, author of Can Education Change and John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA *
Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Foreword Introduction 1. Freirean Foundations of Environmentalism 2. Ecopedagogical Teaching 3. Curricula Through Generative Themes 4. Ecopedagogical Praxis from Theories 5. Development for Justice and Sustainability 6. Environmental Citizenships 7. Final Words of Warning References Index
