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Taking stock of environmental education policy in England – the what, the where and the why.
- Source :
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Environmental Education Research . Mar2020, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p305-323. 19p. 2 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Taking England as our case study, this paper reviews secondary school environmental education from a policy perspective. By drawing on Stevenson's typologies for environmental improvement and Lucas' categorisation of environmental education, we analyse national policy documents, local authority and Multi-Academy Trust policies; and individual school planning documents. Our findings suggest in these areas a general absence of environment education policy, and where identified a rhetoric towards conservative reform framed as technology solutions, where learning is about the environment, rather than for the environment. We explain how the (lack of) environmental education rhetoric is a result of global economic changes and national austerity policies, and offer insights and signposting for policy makers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ENVIRONMENTAL education
*ENVIRONMENTAL policy
*EDUCATION policy
*SECONDARY schools
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13504622
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Education Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142489561
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2019.1707513