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Teaching Sustainability: From Monism and Pluralism to Citizenship

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  • Franklin Obeng-Odoom

    (Franklin Obeng-Odoom is based at Global Development Studies and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Finland where he is a Fellow of the Teachers’ Academy, the university's network of distinguished teachers.)

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The current pandemic might temporarily slow down environmentally destructive economic growth. However, claiming that we are flattening the curve of (un)sustainability is dangerous. The global sustainability crisis is not just being driven by uneconomic growth but also increasing global inequality and social stratification. Teaching this key lesson requires widening the repertoire of sustainability pedagogy from the conventional wisdom of pedagogical monism to the radical approach centred on both pluralism and pedagogical citizenship.

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  • Franklin Obeng-Odoom, 2020. "Teaching Sustainability: From Monism and Pluralism to Citizenship," Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, , vol. 14(2), pages 235-252, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jousus:v:14:y:2020:i:2:p:235-252
    DOI: 10.1177/0973408220978833
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