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Ecopedagogy: A Movement between Critical Dialogue and Complexity: Proposal for a Categories System

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  • María de los à ngeles Vilches Norat

    (María de los à ngeles Vilches Norat, Professor, Humanities Department, Universidad Metropolitana, Puerto Rico, United States. E-mail: mvilches@suagm.edu)

  • Alfonso Fernández Herrería

    (Alfonso Fernández Herrería, Professor of Education, Universidad de Granada, and Founding Member of Spanish Association for Peace Research & Conflict at Universidad de Granada, Spain. E-mail: alfonsof@ugr.es)

  • Francisco Miguel Martínez Rodríguez

    (Francisco Miguel Martínez Rodríguez, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Universidad de Granada, Spain. E-mail: miguelmr@ugr.es)

Abstract

This qualitative research has been undertaken with the purpose of developing an integrated system of categories based on ecopedagogy. Founded on the critical pedagogy of Paulo Freire, this movement moves towards complex thinking and holism. Its theoretical bases are set on principles of sustainability, biosensibility, ethics of care and global citizenship to offer an alternative project for society and the neoliberal economy. The methodological design of this research is supported by the content analysis technique. The qualitative sample includes the Ecopedagogy Charter , the narrations of eight experiences of the Earth Charter International and four from the Centre for Ecoliteracy, and documents that offer a great scope for the categorical system. Among the most important findings is that ecopedagogy’s principles comprehend ecoliteracy, solidarity and a culture of sustainability; aspects arising from the ecological paradigm in education.

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  • María de los à ngeles Vilches Norat & Alfonso Fernández Herrería & Francisco Miguel Martínez Rodríguez, 2016. "Ecopedagogy: A Movement between Critical Dialogue and Complexity: Proposal for a Categories System," Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, , vol. 10(1), pages 178-195, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jousus:v:10:y:2016:i:1:p:178-195
    DOI: 10.1177/0973408215625552
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