The role of public education in governance for resilience in a rapidly changing Arctic
Education and learning possess powerful potential in affecting future resilience and sustainable states. Here, I focus on unpacking and examining the connections and feedbacks between social-environmental systems (SESs), resilience, and compulsory education. SESs have been problematized as frequentl...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c15a6ec89ca740e684f704c5152b623c 2023-05-15T14:43:53+02:00 The role of public education in governance for resilience in a rapidly changing Arctic Douglas S Cost 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07757-200329 https://doaj.org/article/c15a6ec89ca740e684f704c5152b623c EN eng Resilience Alliance https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss3/art29 https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-07757-200329 https://doaj.org/article/c15a6ec89ca740e684f704c5152b623c Ecology and Society, Vol 20, Iss 3, p 29 (2015) governance public education resilience rural schools social-ecological systems Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07757-200329 2022-12-30T19:25:01Z Education and learning possess powerful potential in affecting future resilience and sustainable states. Here, I focus on unpacking and examining the connections and feedbacks between social-environmental systems (SESs), resilience, and compulsory education. SESs have been problematized as frequently having a poor fit between environmental change and policy solutions. The last few decades have witnessed global recognition of climate change in the Arctic. This has led to discussion and debate over the role of schools in addressing local knowledge, environmental changes, and community priorities. In Alaska, USA, and other Arctic regions, the role of public schools in improving this fit has been largely overlooked. I hypothesize that, as extensions of governments, public schools in the North American Arctic and other locations offer an opportunity to create better linkages between societies and environments through governance. Secondarily, at the individual level, education is a vital component of resilience, but such education must embrace multiple perspectives in its curriculum to honor and access the diversity offered by local and traditional ecological knowledge and Western methods. Lastly, at the societal scale, schools are an untapped resource with which to meet the challenge of bolstering capacity for adaptation in a time of rapid transformation for Arctic societies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Ecology and Society 20 3 |
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Education and learning possess powerful potential in affecting future resilience and sustainable states. Here, I focus on unpacking and examining the connections and feedbacks between social-environmental systems (SESs), resilience, and compulsory education. SESs have been problematized as frequently having a poor fit between environmental change and policy solutions. The last few decades have witnessed global recognition of climate change in the Arctic. This has led to discussion and debate over the role of schools in addressing local knowledge, environmental changes, and community priorities. In Alaska, USA, and other Arctic regions, the role of public schools in improving this fit has been largely overlooked. I hypothesize that, as extensions of governments, public schools in the North American Arctic and other locations offer an opportunity to create better linkages between societies and environments through governance. Secondarily, at the individual level, education is a vital component of resilience, but such education must embrace multiple perspectives in its curriculum to honor and access the diversity offered by local and traditional ecological knowledge and Western methods. Lastly, at the societal scale, schools are an untapped resource with which to meet the challenge of bolstering capacity for adaptation in a time of rapid transformation for Arctic societies. |
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The role of public education in governance for resilience in a rapidly changing Arctic |
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