Environmental Liberation Education offers an easy-to-use, culturally responsive, and student-centered teaching approach to academic engagement and systemic change. It explains social-emotional tools and inquiry practices to discuss, reflect, and act for superdiverse student success, happiness, and global citizenship in a challenging, biodiverse world.
The book presents three Transformative Tools: Diversity Circles to organize, Multicultural Mindfulness to process, and Approach-in-Dimension to assess. The Tools show educators at all levels across disciplines how to reduce bias and make sustainability decisions daily. They empower teachers to develop peace for academic concentration in busy classrooms through a holistic understanding of body, mind, culture, and environment. The book offers a range of classroom-based and professional development exercises for critical consciousness, including mindfulness practices, transformative journal worksheets, cultural actions, and a self-survey to establish a baseline for hands-on diversity, well-being, and sustainability competencies.
Synthesizing multicultural and environmental education through mindfulness practices, Environmental Liberation Education is an invaluable resource for educators-in-training and practicing teachers.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
By:
Micaela Rubalcava
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781032428888
ISBN 10: 1032428880
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 19 August 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Part I: Big Picture Transformation in the Real World 1. Culture Conscious Listening and Global Praxis for Big Picture Change 2. Transformative Teachers Now 3. Bias, Antibias, and Culture Competence 4. Structural Competence for Teachers Part II: Three Transformative Tools 5. Tool #1 – Diversity Circles 6. Tool #2 – Multicultural Mindfulness 7. Tool #3 – Approach-in-Dimension Part III: Multicultural Mindfulness for a Sustainable World 8. Environmental Liberation Education
Micaela Rubalcava is Professor of Education at Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada, USA.
Reviews for Environmental Liberation Education: Diversity, Mindfulness, and Sustainability Tools for Teachers and Students
“This is a rigorous, thoughtful and comprehensive book. It offers educators, at every level of instruction and engagement, a clear and useful guide. This is an innovative contribution to classroom practice and pedagogical theory.” — Ron Scapp, Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education at College of Mount Saint Vincent, New York, USA.
