Environmental Issues in Finnish School Textbooks on Religious Education and Ethics
Solving global environmental problems requires a major change of values. As relates to environmental education, worldview, ethics and spiritual issues are important elements. But how are environmental issues included in such school subjects that especially discuss values and ethics? In this article...
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Karlstads Universitet
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| description | Solving global environmental problems requires a major change of values. As relates to environmental education, worldview, ethics and spiritual issues are important elements. But how are environmental issues included in such school subjects that especially discuss values and ethics? In this article I examine 24 Finnish religious education and ethics textbooks to analyze, to what extent environmental issues are integrated and discussed in them. I conclude that there is confusion about what environmental education can be in societal school subjects. The environmental texts in textbooks do not always draw on the specific content of the societal subject in question but repeat content from the natural sciences. Therefore, I suggest contexts and perspectives for discussing environmental issues that would comport with these subjects and supplement existing environmental education at school. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df8aea7ee7d340a2aa64929009d480042022-12-21T23:37:36ZdanKarlstads UniversitetNordidactica: Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education2000-98792013-08-0120132013:1131157Environmental Issues in Finnish School Textbooks on Religious Education and EthicsEssi Aarnio-LinnanvuoriSolving global environmental problems requires a major change of values. As relates to environmental education, worldview, ethics and spiritual issues are important elements. But how are environmental issues included in such school subjects that especially discuss values and ethics? In this article I examine 24 Finnish religious education and ethics textbooks to analyze, to what extent environmental issues are integrated and discussed in them. I conclude that there is confusion about what environmental education can be in societal school subjects. The environmental texts in textbooks do not always draw on the specific content of the societal subject in question but repeat content from the natural sciences. Therefore, I suggest contexts and perspectives for discussing environmental issues that would comport with these subjects and supplement existing environmental education at school.http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-27403 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONINTEGRATIONTEXTBOOKSRELIGIOUS EDUCATIONSECULAR ETHICS EDUCATION |
| spellingShingle | Essi Aarnio-Linnanvuori Environmental Issues in Finnish School Textbooks on Religious Education and Ethics Nordidactica: Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INTEGRATION TEXTBOOKS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SECULAR ETHICS EDUCATION |
| title | Environmental Issues in Finnish School Textbooks on Religious Education and Ethics |
| title_full | Environmental Issues in Finnish School Textbooks on Religious Education and Ethics |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Issues in Finnish School Textbooks on Religious Education and Ethics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Issues in Finnish School Textbooks on Religious Education and Ethics |
| title_short | Environmental Issues in Finnish School Textbooks on Religious Education and Ethics |
| title_sort | environmental issues in finnish school textbooks on religious education and ethics |
| topic | ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INTEGRATION TEXTBOOKS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SECULAR ETHICS EDUCATION |
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