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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.

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More than Being Green: A Response to Mike Mueller's Review of "Transforming Environmental Education: Making the Cultural and Environmental Commons the Focus of Educational Reform"
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Bowers, C. A. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2008
In this article, the author offers a response to Mike Mueller's review of "Transforming Environmental Education: Making the Cultural and Environmental Commons the Focus of Educational Reform." Mueller's review, although limited in the way all reviews are limited, makes a genuine contribution by not imposing interpretations that reflect the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Educational Change, Science Education, Cultural Awareness
Revitalizing the Commons or an Individualized Approach to Planetary Citizenship: The Choice Before Us
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Bowers, C. A. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2004
The central idea of "The Choice Before Us" is that the Moacir Gadotti prescription for an ecopedagogy, which is supposed to lead to "one nation" and a "planetary consciousness," is based on many of the same liberal assumptions that underlie current efforts to globalize the West's industrial/consumer-based culture. In addition to examining the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Change, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Pluralism