A well-organized critique accuses environmental educators of fear-mongering over facts
Evidence
Environmental education often raises peopleās hackles. Michael Sanera and Jane Shaw, in their critique of environmental education entitled Facts, Not Fear, contends that environmental educators are short on facts and long on cultivating unnecessary fear. And they suggest that these educators are too often advocates for causes rather than objective educators, considering the many sides of complex issues. Youāre bound to run into this perspective if you advocate for environmental or place-based education in your town. ā David Sobel, Place-Based Education, 63
Categorization
- XREF: Anti-environmental backlash echoes the camp-town suspicion framework in the Islamophobia/New Crusades material about how movements get coded. ā connects to: Environmental educators succeed by supporting existing curricula rather than adding new content ā David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connectingā¦, 27; Advocates of environmental education will encounter organized political resistance. ā David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connectingā¦, 63; The label āenvironmental educationā itself repels some communities where neutral terms succeed. ā David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connectingā¦, 72 (+1 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim ā David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connectingā¦, 63
Related
- Advocates of environmental education will encounter organized political resistance. (similarity 0.88)
- The label āenvironmental educationā itself repels some communities where neutral terms succeed. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Environmental education should transmit an ethic by showing possibilities, not by preaching obligations
#responds-to(0.80) ā Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 60 - The label āenvironmental educationā itself repels some communities where neutral terms succeed.
#responds-to(0.75) ā David Sobel, Place-Based Education, 72