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<p>In this article, the author analyzes environmental pedagogy in the Norwegian curricula for environmental and sustainability education from 1997 to 2020. The author investigates how climate-striking youth evaluate the outgoing curricula through a survey in which 88 respondents participated. The survey reveals that young climate activists demand a more action-oriented education that emphasizes political change. The author discusses the findings against the background of radical eco-pedagogy and the works of Richard Kahn, Chet Bower, and David Orr and concludes that the youth striking against climate change is practicing the curriculum they are asking for and that schools should welcome the strikes.</p>
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In this article, the author analyzes environmental pedagogy in the Norwegian curricula for environmental and sustainability education from 1997 to 2020. The author investigates how climate-striking youth evaluate the outgoing curricula through a survey in which 88 respondents participated. The survey reveals that young climate activists demand a more action-oriented education that emphasizes political change. The author discusses the findings against the background of radical eco-pedagogy and the works of Richard Kahn, Chet Bower, and David Orr and concludes that the youth striking against climate change is practicing the curriculum they are asking for and that schools should welcome the strikes.

Climate Strikes and Curricula: Insights from Norway

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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In this article, the author analyzes environmental pedagogy in the Norwegian curricula for environmental and sustainability education from 1997 to 2020. The...

Climate Strikes and Curricula: Insights from Norway

Published Online: Jul 09, 2022

Page range: 105 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2022-0008

Keywords
curricula, sustainability education, climate strikes, Norway

© 2022 Tom Sverre Tomren, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Climate Strikes and Curricula: Insights from Norway

Published Online: Jul 09, 2022

Page range: 105 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2022-0008

Keywordscurricula, sustainability education, climate strikes, Norway

© 2022 Tom Sverre Tomren, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
curricula, sustainability education, climate strikes, Norway