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Ej1231583 Education for Sustainable Consumption A Social Reconstructivism Model Sue McGregor Mount Saint Vincent University Abstract Social reconstructivism is suggested as an appropriate curriculum philosophy for education for sustainable consumption ESC

Education for Sustainable Consumption A Social Reconstructivism Model Sue McGregor Mount Saint Vincent University Abstract Social reconstructivism is suggested as an appropriate curriculum philosophy for education for sustainable consumption ESC Couched in framing the consumer culture as a powerful social institution that needs to be challenged and reformed the position paper begins by de ?ning sustainable consumption including symptoms of unsustainable consumption and barriers to consuming sustainably This is followed by a description of the social reconstructivist curriculum philosophy and model Related contributions include ESC values principles and issues the notion of catalytic education and a description of instructional strategies recommended to help put social reconstructivism- informed ESC curricula into motion The intent is to create a generation of learners who see themselves as social change agents by assuming that ownership of learning leads to ownership of actions Keywords education for sustainable consumption social reconstructivism catalytic education consumer culture social institutions Canadian Journal of Education Revue canadienne de l ? éducation ? Canadian Society for the Study of Education Société canadienne pour l ? étude de l ? éducation www cje-rce ca CEducation for Sustainable Consumption Résumé Dans cet article le reconstructivisme social est présenté comme une philosophie de curriculum appropriée en éducation à la consommation durable ÉCD Poussé à quali ?er la culture de consommation ? d ? institution sociale puissante nécessitant d ? être contestée et réformée ce document de synthèse commence par dé ?nir la consommation durable incluant les signes extérieurs d ? une consommation non durable et les obstacles à la consommation durable Ensuite une description de la philosophie et du modèle du curriculum de reconstruction sociale est présentée Les sujets abordés les valeurs les principes et les enjeux de l ? ÉCD la notion d ? éducation catalytique et une description des stratégies éducatives recommandées a ?n d ? aider la mise en ?uvre de programmes d ? études ÉCD axés sur le reconstructivisme social font également partie des apports de cette synthèse L ? intention est de former une génération d ? apprenants qui se considèrent comme des agents de changement social sur la présomption qu ? une prise en charge des apprentissages mène à une prise en charge des actions Mots-clés éducation à la consommation durable reconstructivisme social éducation catalytique culture de consommation institution sociale Canadian Journal of Education Revue canadienne de l ? éducation www cje-rce ca CEducation for Sustainable Consumption Introduction We live in a world with rampant unsustainable consumption things have to change Position papers ??a legitimate and important form of scholarly discourse ? Kennedy p entail an explicit expression of a position on an issue This position paper develops the idea that schools need to become agents of change for education for sustainable consumption ESC which inherently re ects the social reconstructivist curriculum orientation This approach holds that the curriculum is responsible to and serves society and that schools are powerful agents for reconstructing society for the betterment of all It deals with using schools to teach students how