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Viewpoint: Repurposing ESD to Help Adapt to a Post-COVID World – Reflections from India and Africa
- Source :
- Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, Vol 36, Iss 2 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Environmental Association of Southern Africa, 2020.
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Abstract
- The world, as we are experiencing it, is in transition because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has engulfed every aspect of life forcing a re-evaluation of policies, priorities and practices. This viewpoint proposes that community embedded values inherent in some Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) practices could be used in the rebuilding of a post-COVID world. It contends that mere digitalisation of content will not suffice. We need to adopt an approach that considers situated and intergenerational thought and practice. We need to create a world that draws on indigenous knowledge practices and fuses these with the wonders of modern technology and multi-stakeholder interactions. Examples of community projects in Africa and India are used to point to how ESD practitioners could innovate and radically reorient learning environments.
- Subjects :
- Education
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Ethics
BJ1-1725
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24115959
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Southern African Journal of Environmental Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.0bc3dda4e3834463b8a3bca7deb550db
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4314/sajee.v36i1.13