Analysis of Mythical-Metaphorical Narratives as a Resource for Education in the Principles and Values of Sustainability

• Authors: Grian-Antonio Cutanda , María Ángeles Murga-Menoyo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This research aims to prove that the mythical-metaphorical narratives from cultures in harmonic relationship with their natural environment can be considered as an educational resource within the context of education for sustainable development. Using the Earth Charter as a basis and after establishing as analysis categories the competencies that education should foster in the students from this perspective, a content analysis of 28 stories was performed. The results endorse the existing coherence between the materials analysed and the principles and values that the Earth Charter’s text reflects and the relevance of these materials as educational resources within the framework of education for sustainable development.

Keywords

EN

educational resource; mythical-metaphorical narratives; education for sustainable development; complex thinking

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 18-38

Dates

published

2014-12-01

online

2015-03-11

Contributors

author

Grian-Antonio Cutanda

• University of Granada, Spain

author

María Ángeles Murga-Menoyo

• UNESCO Chair of Environmental Education and Sustainable Development National University of Distance Education, Spain

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/jtes-2014-0009