Education as the Practice of Eco-Social-Cultural Change by Ma... - 9783031458361

Education as the Practice of Eco-Social-Cultural ChangeAuthor(s): Mark Fettes, Sean Blenkinsop\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031458361, 978-3031458361\nSynopsis\nThe current ecological crisis is the consequence of entrenched attitudes, discourses and behaviours in human societies worldwide, fostered and reinforced through modern educational traditions, processes and institutions. This book envisions a radical transformation of education to focus on the mutual flourishing of human societies with the rest of life on Earth. In part, the authors suggest approaching this as a problem of systemic design, incorporating principles thatchallenge and undermine key premises of the Capitalocenethe socio-economic-political landscape sustaining the current educational regime. Tracing the implications of this transition, they review core assumptions of modern Western culture that need to shift, and identif.