Advocates of environmental education will encounter organized political resistance.
Evidence
Environmental education often raises people’s 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. You’re bound to run into this perspective if you advocate for environmental or place-based education in your town. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education, 63
Categorization
- XREF: Anticipates at least one concrete obstacle the reader will face as a teacher of the interpretation/landscape course: the accusation that environmental educators are biased advocates. — connects to: A well-organized critique accuses environmental educators of fear-mongering over facts — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 63; Past environmental-group counterattacks worked because they had an opposing government branch to rally against — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 1084; Front groups masquerade as grassroots citizens to weaken environmental protections — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2717 (+1 more)
Related
- A well-organized critique accuses environmental educators of fear-mongering over facts (similarity 0.88)
- Social change meets resistance from vested interests (similarity 0.82)
- Past environmental-group counterattacks worked because they had an opposing government branch to rally against (similarity 0.80)
- Front groups masquerade as grassroots citizens to weaken environmental protections (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Social change meets resistance from vested interests
#exemplifies(0.85) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2826 - Front groups masquerade as grassroots citizens to weaken environmental protections
#exemplifies(0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2717 - Past environmental-group counterattacks worked because they had an opposing government branch to rally against
#qualifies(0.78) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 1084