Articulating Social Change in Puerto Rico: Environmental Education as a Model for Youth Socio-Political Development and Community-Led School Reform.

摘要: Recent attempts at developing an environmental education agenda in public schools emphasize the need to foster greater awareness about rights, issues, and solutions, while producing citizens with knowledge skills needed address ecological challenges of contemporary society. However, some scholars have argued that attempt integrate principles into school curricula has created a conflict between politically-oriented goals more passive practices uncritical assimilation reproduction found many today (Stevenson 2007). Moreover, although there is for take on challenge prioritizing education, they may not be ready do so. Ideological conflicts, structural constraints perceptions urgency problem seem affect ways which implementation these new philosophies place. One approach movement Puerto Rico utilizing fulfill what perceive as their responsibility generations Ricans society large partner local elementary effort develop activities relevant issues