{"title":"Our SARS-CoV-2 teacher: Teachings of the pandemic about our relations with the more-than-human world","authors":"Valéria Ghisloti Iared, Lakshmi Juliane Vallim Hofstatter","doi":"10.1080/00958964.2022.2060174","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this manuscript we present a critical analysis of the current pandemic moment, shifting the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the role of teacher, thus reflecting on possible learnings from the reality in which we are inserted. This perspective is located within the new materialism, in which we consider the agency of the more-than-human world. To do so, we revisit data from our previous research that demonstrate how occupying and frequenting urban green areas are fundamental to human formation and relationships. We discuss the implications of the restrictions experienced during the pandemic, in the political, ethical, and aesthetic context of Brazil and point out the importance of environmental education in the reconstruction of the post-pandemic world and the need to incorporate ethical and aesthetic values into educational experiences.","PeriodicalId":47893,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Education","volume":"53 1","pages":"117 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Environmental Education","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2022.2060174","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract In this manuscript we present a critical analysis of the current pandemic moment, shifting the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the role of teacher, thus reflecting on possible learnings from the reality in which we are inserted. This perspective is located within the new materialism, in which we consider the agency of the more-than-human world. To do so, we revisit data from our previous research that demonstrate how occupying and frequenting urban green areas are fundamental to human formation and relationships. We discuss the implications of the restrictions experienced during the pandemic, in the political, ethical, and aesthetic context of Brazil and point out the importance of environmental education in the reconstruction of the post-pandemic world and the need to incorporate ethical and aesthetic values into educational experiences.
期刊介绍:
Any educator in the environmental field will find The Journal of Environmental Education indispensable. Based on recent research in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, the journal details how best to present environmental issues and how to evaluate programs already in place for primary through university level and adult students. University researchers, park and recreation administrators, and teachers from the United States and abroad provide new analyses of the instruction, theory, methods, and practices of environmental communication and education in peer-reviewed articles. Reviews of the most recent books, textbooks, videos, and other educational materials by experts in the field appear regularly.