Essays about: "Worldview"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 126 essays containing the word Worldview.

1. 16. Lessons from waste - from ignorance to awareness

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

   Author : Pablo Ramirez Pedraza; [2022-09-26]
   Keywords : anthropocentrism; ecocentrism; circular economy; Theory of Experience and Education; sustainability; Education for Sustainable Development; ESD;

   Abstract : Aim: This study aimed to introduce elementary school students to an ecocentric worldview by creating opportunities in class for actions that could lead to changes locally and at the global level regarding the disposal of materials. Theory: This thesis used a combination of theories to challenge the anthropocentrism practice in our schools and societies and facilitate the development of an ecocentric worldview in students. READ MORE

3. 17. “Is it a sin against God to be poor?” : Marxist and Pedagogical Perspectives on Oppressive Ideologies in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and its Potential for Teaching Critical Thinking.

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Sofia Schalander; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In this essay, I have analysed the novel Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler through a Marxist lens to investigate how ideological oppression is depicted through Capitalism and religion. To examine these ideologies, I analysed Lauren Olamina, the first-person narrator and her half-brother, Keith. READ MORE

4. 18. The Quiet Part Out Loud - Conspiracy theories and the rhetoric among activists in Sweden related to the Coronavirus pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Felix Adolfsson; [2022]
   Keywords : anti-vaccination; Covid-19; digital environments; stigmatized knowledge; democracy; far-right ideology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with a set of organized activist movements during the harshest restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden. These groups protested both online and offline against imposed restrictions and vaccinations, displaying a critical attitude towards recommendations and restrictions such as by gathering in large crowds. READ MORE

5. 19. Exploring the Potential of Female overland Travel Narratives to Influence Development Processes

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Indigo Janka; [2022]
   Keywords : overland travel; development; travel narrarives;

   Abstract : In this paper female overland documentations are examined, as narratives that could influence development processes. In thematic chapters female Overland travel is investigated and potential connection points between development processes and the travel narratives are highlighted. READ MORE

6. 20. Changing the Stories We Live By: Revolutionizing the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation Through Transformative Conservation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Tess Marie Burroughs; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Wildlife Conservation; Biodiversity Loss; Critical Discourse Analysis; Transformative Conservation;

   Abstract : As biodiversity continues to diminish worldwide, an interrogation of long-standing conservation discourse is needed to reformulate a new conservation rhetoric that confronts the socio-ecological complexities of the world and reorients the relationship between humans and nature. Using ecologically sensitive critical discourse analysis, this research investigates the dominant ideologies perpetuated within an iteration of mainstream American wildlife discourse and explores opportunities for transformative conservation alternatives. READ MORE