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Interpretation as Adaptation

Education for Survival in Uncertain Times

Bibliographic Data

ID12009995
AuthorsSteve Gough, Andrew Stables (0000-0002-6755-1806, University of Bath)
Year2012
Volume42
Issue3
Pages368-385
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurriculum Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0362-6784 • E-ISSN: 1467-873X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-873x.2012.00595.x
OpenAlexW1926431935
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited21

The argument challenges dominant approaches to education for sustainability through adopting a theoretical framework grounded in broad ontological realism but epistemological relativism, consonant with both Darwin and a fully semiotic account of living and learning (CitationStables & Gough, 2006; CitationStables, 2005, 2006). This framework draws together strands from a number of areas of academic inquiry, and is set out in an introductory section. Implications of the resulting ontological/epistemological juxtapositioning are then explored, and applied in relation to educational aspects of a number of environmental examples, most particularly climate change. In the light of this, further discussion of the relationship between the natural world and human meaning‐making leads to a number of conclusions regarding the most appropriate curricular approach for environmental or sustainability education

Argument (complex analysis · Darwin (ADL · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Realism · Relation (database · Relativism · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Philosophy · Sustainability in Higher Education · Ecology

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Unique citing works18
Citations per year1,38
Citation span2013 - 2025 (13)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 18

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