Mālama I Ka 'Āina, Sustainability: Learning from Hawai'i's displaced place and culture-based science standard

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作者：

Chinn P.W.U. ^{[1
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[1] Curriculum Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822

来源：

Cultural Studies of Science Education | 2011年 / 6卷 / 1期

关键词：

Adaptive learning; Standpoint theory; Sustainability; Tipping point;

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10.1007/s11422-011-9312-z

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摘要：

This response to Mitchell and Mueller's "A philosophical analysis of David Orr's theory of ecological literacy" comments on their critique of Orr's use of the phrase "ecological crisis" and what I perceive as their conflicting views of "crisis." I present my views on ecological crisis informed by standpoint theory and the definition of crisis as turning point. I connect the concept of turning point to tipping point as used in ecology to describe potentially irreversible changes in coupled social-ecological systems. I suggest that sustainable societies may provide models of adaptive learning in which monitoring of ecological phenomena is coupled to human behavior to mitigate threats to sustainability before a crisis/tipping point is reached. Finally, I discuss the Hawai'i State Department of Education's removal of its Indigenous science content standard Mālama I Ka 'Āina, Sustainability and its continued use in community-based projects. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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