Vol. 26 No. 3 (2010): Ecosophical Education
Articles

Educating Seth: An Ecosophical Conversation

Daiyo Sawada
U of Alberta
Bio

Published 2010-06-09

How to Cite

Sawada, D., & Kentel, J. (2010). Educating Seth: An Ecosophical Conversation. The Trumpeter, 26(3), 4–26. Retrieved from https://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/1212

Abstract

Most accounts of human activity have a particular structure that supports the accounting. Education as a human activity has over centuries, and particularly in the past century, developed a narrative structure that, while seemingly "neutral", privileges accounts of a certain kind. The authors suggest that if ecosophical education is to find a presence in today's schools, the now dominant narrative structure needs to be challenged. By revealing an alternate narrative structure embodied in the particularities of a grade 4 classroom, the authors hope that such a narrative structure can provide ecosophical education with an authentic home in today's schools.