Globalisation : Building a Partnership Ethic for a Ecopedagogy in Western Australia

Abstract

This paper accommodates teachers with an interest in environmental education and links associated with Society and

The Effect of Ecopodagogy-Based Environmental Education on Environmental Attitude of In-service Teachers

“…Inclusivity explains to codify all human as men, women, minorities, and the other life forms in an ethical framework. (Lummis, 2002) In this perspective biodiversity was often emphasized in this research. For example the educator who lectured 'vertebral animals in Canakkale and its nearby towns' lesson directed an activity at Kalkim Village.…”

“…Gadotti (2008) emphasizes that the subjects related to either natural sciences or social sciences might be used within an ecopedagogy-based education programme. On the other hand ecopedagogy has four key principals (Lummis, 2002): equity, morality, respect and inclusion. Equity explains relationships between human and non-human communities.…”

“…This is attributable to the UN Rio Summit Declaration adopted in 1992 which puts strong emphasis upon need for paying greater attention to ecological elements in the developing programs and efforts, adding that ecology has social and economic impacts. Even though economy and ecology are not considered complimentary (Lummis, 2002), this has changed over the time; currently, even commercial titles seek to underline that their products are so-called 'environment friendly'. Does this refer to an actual environmental awareness or a fashion of becoming ecological?…”

“…This applies to case of biological diversity (Lummis, 2002) as it is essential to have a basic comprehension of the species in the world and what they mean to the human life (McCallum, 2008). The principle of preservation of biological diversity is adopted at the 1992 Rio Summit; however, its full implementation became possible only in 2010.…”

“…The principle of preservation of biological diversity is adopted at the 1992 Rio Summit; however, its full implementation became possible only in 2010. It is not certain how many species have become extinct during this period and how this process of extinction has affected human life (CBD, 2010b , and 16 th participants, it is obvious that favourable environmental attitude and holistic perspective should be created and considered together to address not just for biodiversity but also to address different subjects such as water resource, geographical structure, culture, tourism because all these subjects are within the principles of the ecopedagogy (Lummis, 2002) The United Nations declared 2010 as the year of biological diversity (CBD, 2010a). The growing industrial and human pressure amounted to a level to threaten the lives of other creates (Çepel, 2008(Çepel, , Öztunalı-Kayır, 2003.…”