Evolution or Revolution in EE/SE Research? A Collaborative Dialogue From First-Year PhD Students. (29th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beasy, Kim; Page, Leah; Emery, Sherridan; Ayre, Ian
• Editors: Hill, Allen; Dyment, Janet; Cutter-Mackenzie, Amy
• Is Part Of: Australian journal of environmental education. Volume 32:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 11
• Page End: 16
• Publication Date: 2016-01-29
• Subjects: discourse, -- environmental education, -- knowledge, -- sustainability, -- systems, -- ecology; Environmental education -- Periodicals; Environmental education -- Australia -- Periodicals; Conservation of natural resources -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Conservation of natural resources -- Study and teaching -- Australia -- Periodicals; Ecology -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 333.7071
• DOI: 10.1017/aee.2016.3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1380-2038

Abstract

Abstract: The AAEE 2014 research symposium in Hobart provided a privileged space for researchers and practitioners within environmental education and sustainability education (EE/SE) to come together and create dialogues about education for sustainability research. This essay is a critical reflection from postgraduate researchers about the symposium and the EE/SE research landscape more broadly. The authors interrogate contemporary research frameworks and practices, and deliberate on how current perceptions enable and inhibit performance within EE/SE research. The authors ask provocative questions and encourage readers to imagine for themselves what a new research landscape, freed of calcified frameworks and entrenched systems, might look like. The essay then draws on an ecological systems perspective as a means of reimagining EE/SE research within a more emergent landscape that values inclusivity, democracy, collaborative inquiry and curiosity.