Abstract
The connection between education and sustainability has been posited to have benefit for realizing a social development compatible with environmental protection. However, an educational paradigm based on the passage of information or on the fear of a catastrophe might not favor the acquisition of eco-identity. To build a sustainable world, it is necessary to “become people” in harmony with other human beings, being aware of belonging to the same human community that is part of the natural world. This can only be achieved within an authentic educating community and the most effective tools for building educating communities are reading literacy and storytelling. This paper is the report of a research-action carried out in this direction, in agreement with the sociology department of the University of Salerno, which involved four hundred children and their teachers in a path based on the combination of reading literacy, storytelling, autobiographical writing, and outdoor education.
Presenters
Rosa Tiziana BrunoProfessor, Sociology and Disability, MIUR - Ministero Dell'Istruzione Italiano, Salerno, Italy
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
EDUCATION, SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIP, OUTDOOR EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY
