Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: In “The Crisis in Education,” published in 1954, Hannah Arendt suggests that adults who refuse to take responsibility\nfor the world should not be allowed to educate children or to have children of their own. Her text describes the “general\ncrisis,” which, according to Arendt, “has overtaken the modern world everywhere and in almost every sphere of life,”\nincluding education (Arendt, 2006, p. 170). Written for another time and with different problems in mind, her words\nwere not meant to describe our present situation. Indeed, in light of the evolving ecological crises where the very conditions for life on earth are in peril (Masson-Delmotte et al., 2018; Steffen et al., 2015), Arendt’s use of the term crisis\nseems quite overblown. Nevertheless, her warning can help us to explore some of the important dilemmas that face\neducators of today, in a time where a range of unfolding, interlocking crises (ecological, social, and political) are on the\nhorizon.
Source: Constellations
Author: Ingerid S. Straume
Institution: University of Oslo
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,500
OpenAlex ID: W2988322334