"Looking Garbage in the Eyes": From Recycling to Reducing Consumerism-Transformative Environmental Education at a Waste Treatment Facility

Autor/inn/en	Goldman, Daphne; Alkaher, Iris; Aram, Iggy
Titel	"Looking Garbage in the Eyes": From Recycling to Reducing Consumerism-Transformative Environmental Education at a Waste Treatment Facility
Quelle	In: Journal of Environmental Education, 52 (2021) 6, S.398-416 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Goldman, Daphne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-8964
DOI	10.1080/00958964.2021.1952397
Schlagwörter	Recycling; Consumer Economics; Ecological Factors; Environmental Education; Sustainable Development; Field Trips; Sanitation; Wastes; Critical Theory; Consciousness Raising; Transformative Learning; Social Change; Citizenship Responsibility; Facilities; Teacher Attitudes; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Israel (Tel Aviv) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konsumökonomie; Ökologischer Ansatz; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Exkursion; Betriebshygiene; Gargabe; Abfall; Kritische Theorie; Bewusstseinsbildung; Pädagogische Transformation; Sozialer Wandel; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland
Abstract	Making people aware of the interconnections between personal consumerism and its environmental consequences is fundamental for motivating them to engage in more environmentally responsible consumption practices. This interpretive study, conducted in 2018, explored how transformative sustainability learning is implemented in waste education conducted at an environmental education center within the largest waste-treatment facility in Israel, and if it initiates a transformative process. Educators were selected since they serve as societal change-agents. Data were collected from learning plans developed by the center, observations, and interviews of participants (150) during and after their visit. Findings indicate that the educational intervention comprised a "key experience", initiating a transformative process, and elicited a framework of characteristics for transformative waste education. In view of the role of consumer society in contemporary waste-related challenges, the principles emerging from this study may provide a model for other such centers, based on critical waste education that may motivate behavioral change. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01