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Environmental Values Education: A Critical Analysis of the Representation of Indoctrination in an Australian Preschool

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Abstract

Within the Australian context of a significant expansion of early childhood education and the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Summit, a story alleging environmental indoctrination in an Australian preschool was featured in two Australian newspapers. The story elicited considerable online responses. This paper uses Appraisal Theory (Martin & White, 2007) to examine the lexico-grammatical construction of the indoctrination debate in the newspaper article and the subsequent online responses. The paper then situates the debate within the broader the broader context of environmental values education theory.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)307-320
JournalThe International Journal of Learning
Volume17
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 2011

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

  • Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl Economics, Business and Management)
  • Environmental Education and Extension

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