NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
ERIC Number: EJ469562
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0144-9281
Environmental Literacy and the Technicist Worldview: Towards a New Conceptualization.
Clacherty, A. J.
International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, v12 n2 p107-20 Apr-Jun 1993
Argues that technicism, the uncritical acceptance of the values of a modern technologically based society, leads to endemic environmental degradation. Proposes a reconceptualization of environmental literacy to include purposeful action based on a critical understanding of the social, economic, and political underpinnings of our environmental problems. (Contains 30 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Environmental Education, Epistemology, Political Influences, Social Influences, Social Values, World Views
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Environmental Literacy; Environmental Problems; Sustainable Development; Technical Rationality