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Adult education and humanity's relationship with nature reflected in language, metaphor, and spirituality: A call to action
Author(s) -
Hill Lilian H.,
Johnston Julie D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.106
Subject(s) - metaphor , call to action , spirituality , humanity , action (physics) , natural (archaeology) , sociology , adult education , psychology , epistemology , environmental ethics , social psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , political science , history , philosophy , law , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , archaeology , pathology , marketing , quantum mechanics , business
Language, metaphor, and spirituality express people's beliefs about their relationships with the naturalworld. For the earth and its beings to survive, extensive changes in our relationships and cultural assumptions inthe natural world are called for, and these will necessarily change the literature and practice of adulteducation.