Exploring Sustainable Skills in Teaching and Learning: Introducing Eco-Pedagogy in English Classroom Teaching and Research

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10.2991/978-2-38476-255-2_9How to use a DOI?

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Interconnectedness; Eco-criticism; Eco Pedagogy; Cultural transformation

Abstract

Addressing the environmental change is not only the responsibility of the scientists. The global environmental change is now a collective consciousness and responsibility as the effect and the consequences are felt by all. Environmental issues are of multifaceted dimensions. Barry Commoner’s first law of ecology states that “everything is connected to everything else” According to Cheryll Glotfelty ecocriticism is “the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment. It takes an earth-centred approach to literary studies. It considers the interconnectedness of all living beings and the environment, and how literature and culture reflect and interact with the natural world Literary concerns about the environment are not a novel idea; the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Clare, and many other poets of the Romantic Age laid a foundational and enduring exploration of nature’s significance, emphasizing its sublime beauty and the interconnectedness between humanity and the natural world. Environmental issues are of multifaceted dimensions. Environmental issues are complex and there are so many interconnected factors that include ecology, society, economy, and politics. Solving these challenges requires a comprehensive and integrated approach looking into various aspects of sustainability. Eco pedagogy is a movement to create transformative educational practice, a collective consciousness to combat climate change that combines the ideas of Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy and the principles of complex thinking proposed by Morin. It aims to challenge the effects of neoliberal globalization by promoting an alternative global political project. Eco Pedagogy is an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary emerging academic field to be inculcated in the English pedagogy seeking human involvement. The Human-environment relationship with nature can further help in cultural transformation.

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