عنوان

Reducing Pessimisms Sway in The Environmental Ethics Classroom

شماره

LA129851

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Reducing Pessimisms Sway in The Environmental Ethics Classroom

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

James Sheppard

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

"Increased awareness of the breadth and depth of existing environmental challenges is part of an environmental education. One effect of this increased awareness that can manifest itself in the environmental ethics classroom is pessimism. I outline two varieties of pessimism that have a tendency to hold sway in the environmental ethics classroom: 1) pessimism about the general state of the environment; and, 2) pessimism about being able to do anything about the general state of the environment. After outlining a few of the potential educational and vocational consequences of allowing pessimism to take root, I offer a pedagogical method for reducing the sway of pessimism in the classroom. I argue that William James' and John Dewey's writings on the subject of meliorism offer a framework that, when combined with some of the insights of incrementalism theory in environmental policy, can not only help students to reduce the sway of pessimism in the classroom, but also in their chosen career paths by, among other things, highlighting the "possibility of possibility". Increased awareness of the breadth and depth of existing environmental challenges is part of an environmental education. One effect of this increased awareness that can manifest itself in the environmental ethics classroom is pessimism. I outline two varieties of pessimism that have a tendency to hold sway in the environmental ethics classroom: 1) pessimism about the general state of the environment; and, 2) pessimism about being able to do anything about the general state of the environment. After outlining a few of the potential educational and vocational consequences of allowing pessimism to take root, I offer a pedagogical method for reducing the sway of pessimism in the classroom. I argue that William James' and John Dewey's writings on the subject of meliorism offer a framework that, when combined with some of the insights of incrementalism theory in environmental policy, can not only help students to reduce the sway of pessimism in the classroom, but also in their chosen career paths by, among other things, highlighting the "possibility of possibility"."

تاريخ نشر

2004

توصيف ظاهري

213-226

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

8/2-3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

اصطلاح موضوعی

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

اصطلاح موضوعی

JOHN DEWEY

اصطلاح موضوعی

MELIORISM

اصطلاح موضوعی

PESSIMISM

اصطلاح موضوعی

WILLIAM JAMES

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

James Sheppard

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/1568535042690826

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y