Education for Sustainability: A Moral Framework

• Author / Creator

  Charron, Rémi J.

• Issues of sustainability are germane to Canada and the US, including their educational institutions. The following thesis considers the task of how to achieve greater sustainability in education and eventually the broader society through major educational reform. In order to deliberate on this task, a specific interpretation of sustainability is put forward. Furthermore, this interpretation forms the basis of an “educational framework for sustainability.” The thesis argues any plan for education geared towards sustainability must be better represented by anti-capitalist/oppression content as well as content essential to environmental sustainability. It also argues that learning outcomes focusing on sustainability must be taught from a moral perspective in order to facilitate the creation of a post-liberal “hegemony of sustainability,” and outcomes that focus on sustainability should be incorporated into current educational frameworks in such a way that they strengthen (rather than undermine) important liberal principles, such as equal opportunity.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Environmental education
  • Sustainability
  • Progressive education
  • Education policy
  • Anti-oppression education
  • Liberal theory
  • Education reform
  • Moral education
  • Anti-capitalist education

• Graduation date

  Fall 2013

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Education

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R34D9N

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.