Once upon a time, inspiring true stories for climate action. An ecocritical reading to unveil the environmental educational potential of children's stories.
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2024-09-10
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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[ES] Los actuales desafíos ambientales muestran la imperiosa necesidad de alcanzar un compromiso real con la sostenibilidad ambiental y las acciones encaminadas a mitigar el cambio climático. Así pues, en conexión con el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 13 de las Naciones Unidas, se vuelve de suma importancia la promoción de principios ecológicos deseables desde contextos educativos. Este propósito puede verse favorecido a través del uso de una literatura infantil que invite a los niños a transferir mensajes valiosos a su vida. En aras de proporcionar al profesorado de inglés de educación primaria una selección de obras para responder a las demandas actuales, este estudio explora cómo tres cuentos infantiles basados en hechos y personajes reales abordan la crisis climática y transmiten valores y comportamientos para la acción climática. Desde un análisis ecocrítico, sostenemos que las historias pueden fomentar en los estudiantes una preocupación por el medio ambiente, animándolos participar en
su conservación.
[EN] Present-day environmental challenges show the pressing need to achieve a real commitment to environmental sustainability and actions aimed at mitigating climate change. In this sense, in connection with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13, the promotion of desirable ecological principles for climate action from educational contexts becomes of utmost importance. This purpose can be favoured through the use of children's Literature that invites children to transfer valuable messages to real life. In the interest of providing primary education English teachers with a selection of literary works with which to respond to current demands, this study is devoted to exploring how three children's storybooks based on true events and personalities address the climate crisis and transmit values and behaviours for climate action. From an ecocritical analysis, we contend that stories can foster in students a concern for the environment, encouraging them to participate in its preservation.
[EN] Present-day environmental challenges show the pressing need to achieve a real commitment to environmental sustainability and actions aimed at mitigating climate change. In this sense, in connection with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13, the promotion of desirable ecological principles for climate action from educational contexts becomes of utmost importance. This purpose can be favoured through the use of children's Literature that invites children to transfer valuable messages to real life. In the interest of providing primary education English teachers with a selection of literary works with which to respond to current demands, this study is devoted to exploring how three children's storybooks based on true events and personalities address the climate crisis and transmit values and behaviours for climate action. From an ecocritical analysis, we contend that stories can foster in students a concern for the environment, encouraging them to participate in its preservation.