Indigenous Perspectives on Ecopedagogical Literacy: The Case of Taiwan

Synonyms

Aboriginal; Native

Definitions

The entry relies on the definition of ecopedagogical literacy by Misiaszek (2015) who sees it as a critical and transformative “approach to the teaching and learning of connections between environmental and social problems” to redress oppression of individuals, societies, and organic and nonorganic systems (pp. 280, 281). Ecopedagogy embraces a biocentric approach, thus positioning all organisms, including such nonorganic systems as landscapes, as central and critical to Earth’s rehabilitation, and thereby questioning and altering social systems, structures, and power relations deemed destructive to the Earth. To achieve these objectives, disciplinary boundaries need to be removed for ecopedagogical literacy to be holistically incorporated into all levels of teaching and learning, and traditional educational structures, content, and instructional strategies are to be re-thought and reformed for teachers and students to construct “shared meanings...