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Philosophy of Education in a New Key: Who Remembers Greta Thunberg? Education and Environment after the Coronavirus

Authors :
Jandric, Petar
Jaldemark, Jimmy
Hurley, Zoe
Bartram, Brendan
Matthews, Adam
Jopling, Michael
Mañero, Julia
MacKenzie, Alison
Irwin, Jones
Rothmüller, Ninette
Green, Benjamin
Ralston, Shane J.
Pyyhtinen, Olli
Hayes, Sarah
Wright, Jake
Peters, Michael A.
Tesar, Marek
Source :
Educational Philosophy and Theory. 2021 53(14):1421-1441.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

This paper explores relationships between environment and education after the Covid-19 pandemic through the lens of philosophy of education in a new key developed by Michael Peters and the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA). The paper is collectively written by 15 authors who responded to the question: Who remembers Greta Thunberg? Their answers are classified into four main themes and corresponding sections. The first section, 'As we bake the earth, let's try and bake it from scratch', gathers wider philosophical considerations about the intersection between environment, education, and the pandemic. The second section, 'Bump in the road or a catalyst for structural change?', looks more closely into issues pertaining to education. The third section, 'If you choose to fail us, we will never forgive you', focuses to Greta Thunberg's messages and their responses. The last section, 'Towards a new (educational) normal', explores future scenarios and develops recommendations for critical emancipatory action. The concluding part brings these insights together, showing that resulting synergy between the answers offers much more then the sum of articles' parts. With its ethos of collectivity, interconnectedness, and solidarity, philosophy of education in a new key is a crucial tool for development of post-pandemic (philosophy of) education.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0013-1857
Volume :
53
Issue :
14
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Educational Philosophy and Theory
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1316975
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Evaluative
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2020.1811678