Intergenerational learning in climate change adaptations; limitations and affordances |
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| Authors: | Raviro Chineka Keiko Yasukawa |
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| Institution: | 1. STEM Education Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia;2. Raviro.chineka@uts.edu.au;4. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia |
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| Abstract: | AbstractAdaptation to climate change has become an imperative intricately linked to human existence and the planet’s wellbeing: if learning is not part of the adaptation process, it is doubtful the adaptation will be sustainable. In Zimbabwe, one initiative for promoting learning for adaptation is the establishment of the Eco-Schools Clubs (ESC), a concept based on the possibilities of intergenerational learning developed and widely adopted in the Global North. Based on an ethnographic study in a community struggling with food insecurity arising from unpredictable rainfall, this paper examines the context-dependency of ESCs’ affordances for intergenerational climate change learning. The study found that in contrast to reports from the Global North, the children in this study were not able to exercise agency to effect change in their families and communities. Using the analytical resources of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, the study analyses the challenges of appropriating a model of learning from afar. |
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| Keywords: | Intergenerational learning climate change learning children’s agency Eco-Schools climate change adaptation cultural-historical activity theory epistemic tension |
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