Environmental Education
Sorena Zandi; Mehran Farajollahi
Abstract
Considering the importance of environmental education in improving the relationship between humans and their environment, the purpose of this article is to identify the positive actions of Australia in this field. Because the usefulness of sharing information and benefiting from the experiences ...
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Considering the importance of environmental education in improving the relationship between humans and their environment, the purpose of this article is to identify the positive actions of Australia in this field. Because the usefulness of sharing information and benefiting from the experiences of other countries is one of the main elements of environmental education, this article focuses on examining their strategic priorities, previewed goals until 2025, and this country's completed projects, as reported by the Australian Association of Environmental Education. The method used in this article is descriptive-analytical research, and data collection is done via document analysis. The results show AAEE’s emphasis on setting its goals on providing necessary financial needs for its projects, supporting environmental educators and teachers, and expanding inter-chapter and international communications. From the findings of the article, appropriate models in accordance with the social, economic, psychological, and environmental characteristics of Iran are extracted, and with the necessary changes to improve the integration of these projects with such traits, they can be implemented in Iran. In the conclusion section, suggestions for building similar educational models are presented.
Environmental Education
Sorena Zandi; Behzad Barekat
Abstract
Ecocriticism as a field of study into the state of both human and non-human entities in an act of colonization. As such three of its most important concepts, Agency, Development and Displacement, are discussed to facilitate the understanding of this approach for the readers. Non-human agency advocates ...
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Ecocriticism as a field of study into the state of both human and non-human entities in an act of colonization. As such three of its most important concepts, Agency, Development and Displacement, are discussed to facilitate the understanding of this approach for the readers. Non-human agency advocates against a human-centric agency and for a dynamic relationship between human and non-human agency instead. As often witnessed in the aftermath of natural disasters such as an earthquake, natural events are unpredictable and not all in control of human beings. Then it can be stated that humans are not the only active agents in the environment but that instead we need to study the dynamic relationship between human and non-human agencies. The second concept, Development, is a bridge between colonialism and non-human agency, which entails the process of changing an environment in course of monopolizing certain products in a colonized country. Such changes usually have negative effects on the natives’ lives, such as losing their jobs, homes and impoverishment. This then leads to their displacement, seeking a new area where they can find new resources to survive and build their lives around. This is then a chained set of events as explained in the article, from the promise of a development that is in truth monopolizing one or more products, to the displacement of the natives from their homes and their struggle to survive.
