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A critical analysis of ecological sustainability ideology in award-winning early children's literature

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posted on 2024-06-05, 12:33 authored by Peta WhitePeta White, Glenn AuldGlenn Auld, M Wells
AbstractA framework to critically consider the ecological sustainability messaging in children’s literature is presented to authors, illustrators and editors, as well as teachers, parents and students/children. We have applied this framework to three books from the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) 2015 Notables list using critical discourse analysis (CDA). Findings suggest that there are themes and images in these award-winning texts that do not support ecological sustainability and we argue that children’s literature should be judged with criteria including ecological sustainability. Our hope is that ecological sustainability principles and practices lead to changes in social discourse through intergenerational storytelling.

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Journal

Australian Journal of Environmental Education

Volume

37

Pagination

147-158

ISSN

0814-0626

eISSN

2049-775X

Language

en

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

2

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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