ERIC Number: EJ1351876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Is the Theory of Wild Pedagogies Precisely the Utopian Philosophy the Anthropocene Needs?
Catherine Hempsall
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, v25 p222-236 2022
This paper uses six common aspects of utopias to evaluate the theory of Wild Pedagogies. Individuals--and especially writers--generate utopian ideas in times of upheaval and change. The climate crisis has created a need for exactly this kind of radical thinking. In an education system that is designed to uphold the neoliberal consensus, the development of the theory of Wild Pedagogies challenges the domestication of current pedagogies. Wild Pedagogies attempt to privilege the planet's more-than-human presence, whose voices desperately need to be heard, by emphasizing the role of nature as co-teacher. This paper finds that the theory of Wild Pedagogies performs as an abstraction, rather than an iteration, of outdoor learning. It provides an overarching philosophical framework that challenges the status quo, and its tenets fulfill the criteria needed to achieve a utopia for the Anthropocene.
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Teaching Methods, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Climate, Educational Change, Neoliberalism, Social Change, Educational Philosophy
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education. Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada. Fax: 807-346-7771; e-mail: cjee@lakeheadu.ca; Web site: http://cjee.lakeheadu.ca
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Language: English
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