Published: 2023-07-03

Ecological approach in education – a disciplinary aporia

Krzysztof Maliszewski Logo ORCID
Section: ECO(GLOTTO)DIDACTICS
https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2023.31.05

Abstract

This article addresses the theoretical background of the ecological approach to education and conceptualises the so-called disciplinary aporia of ecological education. In the era of the Anthropocene and the associated climate crisis and possible collapse within the Earth system, this aporia gains in importance. We are, in fact, in danger of either losing the dialectical and metacommunicative perspectives that allow for theoretical sophistication (under the pressure of ecological engagement) or overlooking the seriousness of climate alarmism (in the precipitousness of the ecological humanities paradigm). In this article, the author first characterises two variants of ecology: bioenergetic and cybernetic, as well as the philosophical concept of oikology. He then traces the ways in which ecology has been represented in pedagogical thought, both historical and contemporary. This hermeneutics of traditions and analysis of pedagogical ideas allow for the descriptive and conceptual elaboration of the fundamental aporia of an ecological approach to education arising from the theoretical (disciplinary) background of ecopedagogical interpretation. In doing so, the pitfalls to which both the traditional approach of biologically grounded ecology/ecological education and
the cybernetic paradigm of ecological humanities are exposed have been highlighted. In order to emphasise the synergy of both approaches, the author uses the categories of servant humanities and educational ecology in the conclusion. This study is embedded in the tradition that characterises pedagogy as an aporetic of educational experience.

Download files

Citation rules

Maliszewski, K. (2023). Ecological approach in education – a disciplinary aporia. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 31(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2023.31.05

Cited by / Share

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2023)
Published: 2023-10-16


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

This website uses cookies for proper operation, in order to use the portal fully you must accept cookies.