Constructing Apathy: How Environmentalism and Environmental Education May Be Fostering "Learned Hopelessness" in Children

Autor/in	Nagel, Michael
Titel	Constructing Apathy: How Environmentalism and Environmental Education May Be Fostering "Learned Hopelessness" in Children
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 21 (2005), S.71-80 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Sustainable Development; Outcomes of Education; Educational Philosophy; Psychological Patterns; Advocacy; Helplessness; Child Psychology; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Focus Groups; Student Attitudes; Comparative Education; Australia; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Sozialanwaltschaft; Hilflosigkeit; Kinderpsychologie; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Australien; Kanada
Abstract	For children, environmental issues have become part of their formal and informal educational lives. The merging of the terms environment and education in the 1970s has also witnessed an emerging degree of pessimism through bringing the plight of the environment to the educational arena of children. Much of the discourse surrounding sustainable development is premised on a negative outlook regarding the state of the environment. It is these types of negative messages on which this article focuses. This paper suggests that while attempting to educate future generations about environmental issues, environmentalism may have also assisted in developing a generation of children who have not only become apathetic to environmental issues but also lost in a confusing muddle of "learned hopelessness". (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for Environmental Education, Inc.. P.O. Box 560, Bellingen, NSW 2454 Australia. Tel: +61-2-6655-1865; Fax: +61-2-6655-1596; e-mail: admin@aaee.org.au; Website: http://www.aaee.org.au/publications/ajee.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10