Transformative Learning with Wangari Maathai
Fostering Environmental Education and Sustainability Through the Green Picturebook Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6436046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Karmakar (0000-0002-9119-9486, Durban University of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-117 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-6858 • E-ISSN: 0973-0737 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09716858241263129 |
| OpenAlex | W4401277583 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 50 |
Picturebooks that focus on environmental issues offer children the chance to connect with natural settings, promoting emotional and mental health, while also developing ethical principles and an authentic concern for the environment. This genre possesses the capacity to emotionally captivate children through its combination of text and visuals, potentially resulting in a shift in their perspectives towards the topics and issues being portrayed. In addition to this, picturebooks are educational because they use words and images to choose, arrange, and understand data and statistics, thereby making knowledge accessible to those who are generally interested and engaging readers on an emotional and intellectual level. This essay examines how the picturebook Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace (2010) effectively communicates Wangari Maathai’s environmental advocacy. For this purpose, the article offers a brief examination of the influence of Maathai’s Green Belt Movement and the holistic ecological connotations that the visual representations seek to emphasize. The article contends that this ‘green informational picturebook’ acts as a catalyst for transformative learning by enhancing ecological literacy in children and serving as a platform for environmental education and sustainability in the public as a whole
Environmental education · Environmental ethics · Literacy · Pedagogy · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Transformative learning · Children's Rights and Participation · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Psychology · Ecology
Affective Ecologies
Wangari Maathai’s Environmental Bible as an African Knowledge
Wangari Maathai's Emplaced Rhetoric
Children As Ecocitizens
Radical Utu
The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks
Case studies, make‐your‐case studies, and case stories
Enhancing children’s literacy and ecological literacy through critical place-based pedagogy
The action competence approach and the ‘new’ discourses of education for sustainable development, competence and quality criteria
Teaching invasive species ethically
Peace Profile
Challenging patriarchal structures
Climate change and the transition to neoliberal environmental governance
Colonial Invasion and Environmental Degradation in Wangari Maathai's Unbowed
Feminism and Ecology
Rethinking the origins of terra nullius
Ecocritical dialogues in teacher education
Ecocritical Perspectives on Children's Texts and Cultures
Delinking the Capitalist Episteme
Land Reforms and Poiltics in Kenya, 1954-70
Seen But Not Heard
Mapping Common Ground
Sex-Role Socialization in Picture Books for Preschool Children
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |