ERIC Number: EJ1177192
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-4622
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Waste in Education: The Potential of Materiality and Practice
Jørgensen, Nanna Jordt; Madsen, Katrine Dahl; Laessøe, Jeppe
Environmental Education Research, v24 n6 p807-817 2018
This article explores how waste materials and waste practices figure in education, pointing to educational potentials of waste which have hitherto received little consideration in environmental and sustainability education practice and research. Building on empirical research on waste education in Danish schools and preschools, we discuss how an empirical and theoretical focus on waste as material and on waste practices moves beyond conventional approaches to waste in education. Seeking to overcome the shortcomings of habitual-behavioural and rational action approaches, we argue for an approach to waste education which encourages pupils to explore the socio-material aspects and trajectories of waste practices and waste materials.
Descriptors: Wastes, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Qualitative Research, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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