Adult Education and Environmental Justice (U02132)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : EDU-3-AEEJ

This course will introduce the notion of environmental justice covering the environmental justice movements in the USA and UK and the environmentalism of the poor. It will analyse the reasons for the unequal distribution of environmental costs, benefits and resources in social, global and intergenerational terms, and introduce the idea of political ecology as a theoretical tool for studying associated social conflict. It will critically evaluate adult education and lifelong learning responses to environmentalism, community sustainable development and environmental justice. It will assess, with the use of examples, the curriculum, social purpose and political opportunity afforded by informal and formal adult education in environmental justice movements.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Education, (The Moray House School of Education, Schedule C)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- Demonstrate knowledge of environmental justice and its history in social conflicts around environmental racism and ecological distributions.
- Explain how environmental costs, benefits and resources are distributed.
- Demonstrate an understanding of political ecology.
- Identify examples of environmental justice in communities and workplaces.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the role which adult learning and education plays in communities and movements engaged in environmental justice struggles.
- Critically assess the curriculum, social purpose and political opportunity afforded by adult.