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Teaching Eco-Justice through Childrens Literature
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reading skills, as well as sense of justice and environment.
WHAT TO TEACH ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?
As one of the most elaborate discourses on environmental justice education, Bowers
(2002) discussed eco-justice pedagogy and suggested three main focuses of environmental
justice education: environmental racism and class discrimination, recovery of the non-
commodified aspects of community, and responsibility to future generations. It provides us with
an idea of what we need to teach about environmental justice.
Science Standards
Personal and community healthEnvironmental qualityNatural and human-induced hazards
Social Studies Standards
social and economic effects of environmental changes and crises resulting from phenomena such as floods, storms, and drought;alternative policies for the use of land and other resources in communities, regions, nations, and the world; persistent, contemporary, and emerging global issues, such as health, security, resource allocation, economic development, and environmental quality; activities to strengthen the “common good,” based upon careful evaluation of possible options for citizen action;
Reading & Language Arts Standards
impact of authors’ decisions regarding word choice and content on biasthe function of point of view or personastereotypical characters as opposed to fully developed characters
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reading skills, as well as sense of justice and environment.
WHAT TO TEACH ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?
As one of the most elaborate discourses on environmental justice education, Bowers
(2002) discussed eco-justice pedagogy and suggested three main focuses of environmental
justice education: environmental racism and class discrimination, recovery of the non-
commodified aspects of community, and responsibility to future generations. It provides us with
an idea of what we need to teach about environmental justice.
Science Standards
Personal and community health
Environmental quality
Natural and human-induced hazards
Social Studies Standards
social and economic effects of environmental changes and crises resulting from
phenomena such as floods, storms, and drought;
alternative policies for the use of land and other resources in communities,
regions, nations, and the world;
persistent, contemporary, and emerging global issues, such as health, security,
resource allocation, economic development, and environmental quality;
activities to strengthen the “common good,” based upon careful evaluation of
possible options for citizen action;
Reading & Language Arts Standards
impact of authors’ decisions regarding word choice and content on bias
the function of point of view or persona
stereotypical characters as opposed to fully developed characters
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