@article{jbp:/content/journals/10.1075/ld.00061.chu, author = "Chueh, Ho-chia", title = "Beyond critical education for sustainable consumption: Rethinking dialogue in environmental education", journal= "Language and Dialogue", year = "2020", volume = "10", number = "1", pages = "97-117", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.00061.chu", url = "https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ld.00061.chu", publisher = "John Benjamins", issn = "2210-4119", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "environmental education", keywords = "sustainable consumption", keywords = "critical consciousness", keywords = "dialogue", keywords = "parental altruism", abstract = "Abstract

This paper empirically supports environmental courses and activities based upon ‘parental altruism’ as an effective environmental education in developing citizen’s pro-environmental values, attitudes, and behaviors. This is a case study of the Homemaker’s Union Consumer Cooperation (HUCC), a prominent environmental consumer non-profit organization in Taiwan with over 70000 members. Re-examining Paulo Freire’s critical dialogical pedagogy, this study uses Paul Stern’s three levels of value orientation to investigate changes of HUCC members’ consumption behaviors. The courses and activities with parental-care are efficiently received by members than those of critical knowledge with the environment in terms of developing pro-environmental behaviors. Parental altruism is the key in changing consumer’s environmental values. This finding contributes to rethinking the meaning of dialogue in environmental education.", }