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Author Young, Rebecca L., author.

Title Confronting climate crises through education : reading our way forward / Rebecca L. Young ; foreword by John Adams ; afterword by David W. Orr.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 161 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Ecocritical theory and practice
Ecocritical theory and practice.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical reference (pages 145-151) and index.
Contents Introduction: A new story -- Literature and empathy: A rationale for change -- The taker-leaver paradigm: Cultural representations in contemporary fiction -- Popular science fiction and fantasy: Fostering international perspectives -- Let's share the table: building ecoliterate communities -- Morality and environmental responsibility: An interdisciplinary reading of Franzen's Freedom -- Ecopsychology: Harmonizing our paths -- Afterword / David W. Orr -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Summary Confronting Climate Crises through Education: Reading Our Way Forward examines ways fiction and non-fiction can shape an instructional lens designed to witness the environmental crises we face both culturally and globally while fostering a more ecologically conscious, globally-minded student body prepared to confront them.
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Subject Environmental education.
Environmental education.
Environmental responsibility -- Study and teaching.
Environmental responsibility -- Study and teaching.
Environmental responsibility.
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
Added Author Adams, John, writer of foreword.
Orr, David W., 1944- writer of afterword.
Other Form: Print version: Young, Rebecca L. Confronting climate crises through education. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018] 9781498535960 (DLC) 2018955894 (OCoLC)1063706544
ISBN 9781498535977 (electronic book)
1498535976 (electronic book)
9781498535960
1498535968