Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis: Toward Deep Changes

by Chet A. Bowers

Book Overview

This book is an examination of how the educational process perpetuates cultural myths contributing to the ecological crisis. In addressing the cultural and educational dimensions of the ecological crisis, the book illuminates educational issues associated with the hidden nature of culture, particularly how thought patterns formed in the past are reproduced through the metaphorical language used in the classroom. It examines why both conservative and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791412563
• ISBN13: 9780791412565
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"