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Teaching Sustainability: From Monism and Pluralism to Citizenship
Author(s) -
Franklin ObengOdoom
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of education for sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0973-4082
pISSN - 0973-4074
DOI - 10.1177/0973408220978833
Subject(s) - monism , pluralism (philosophy) , sustainability , citizenship , sustainable development , environmental ethics , global citizenship , cultural pluralism , sociology , political science , epistemology , pedagogy , ecology , law , politics , philosophy , biology
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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