"Under-Participation" and Ethnocentrism in Environmental Education Research: Developing "Culturally Sensitive Research Approaches"

Autor/in	Agyeman, Julian
Titel	"Under-Participation" and Ethnocentrism in Environmental Education Research: Developing "Culturally Sensitive Research Approaches"
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 8 (2003) 1, S.80-94 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1205-5352
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Qualitative Research; Participatory Research; Environmental Education; Research Methodology; Models; Educational History; African Americans; Foreign Countries; Educational Research; Research Design; Research Needs; Research Problems; Educational Researchers; Multicultural Education; Cultural Influences; Social Justice; Misconceptions; Bias; Interpersonal Relationship; Ethnocentrism; Ethnic Diversity; Sociocultural Patterns; Minority Groups; Majority Attitudes; Outdoor Education; Recreational Activities; Community; Social Change; Disproportionate Representation; Cultural Relevance; Cultural Pluralism; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Forschungstätigkeit; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Analogiemodell; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Afroamerikaner; Ausland; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Forschungsdesign; Forschungsbedarf; Forschungskritik; Erziehungswissenschaftler; Erziehungswissenschaftlerin; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Missverständnis; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ethnozentrismus; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Ethnische Minderheit; Mehrheitsprinzip; Freiluftunterricht; Freizeitgestaltung; Sozialer Wandel; Kulturpluralismus; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	Racial and cultural diversity issues have been a source of some interest amongst outdoor and environmental educators. Early research was framed in terms of the "under-participation" of people of colour, which led to the development of ethnocentric and methodologically problematical "marginality" and "ethnicity" theories. There is, however, a growing body of research, educational and otherwise, which focuses on people of colour, and which privileges culture as being central to the research process. I argue that there are currently (at least) three interrelated "culturally sensitive research approaches" in use to differing extents in environmental education in its widest sense: "ethnic modeling in qualitative research;" "culturing" environmental education; and community based participatory research. I conclude by making a plea for "culturally sensitive research approaches" to become inherent in all environmental education research. (Contains 7 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Lakehead University and Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. Lakehead University Faculty of Education, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada. Fax: 807-346-7771; e-mail: cjee@lakeheadu.ca; Web site: http://cjee.lakeheadu.ca
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Update	2017/4/10