<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This research aims to prove that the mythical-metaphorical narratives from cultures in harmonic relationship with their natural environment can be considered as an educational resource within the context of education for sustainable development. Using the Earth Charter as a basis and after establishing as analysis categories the competencies that education should foster in the students from this perspective, a content analysis of 28 stories was performed. The results endorse the existing coherence between the materials analysed and the principles and values that the Earth Charter’s text reflects and the relevance of these materials as educational resources within the framework of education for sustainable development.</p></abstract>

This research aims to prove that the mythical-metaphorical narratives from cultures in harmonic relationship with their natural environment can be considered as an educational resource within the context of education for sustainable development. Using the Earth Charter as a basis and after establishing as analysis categories the competencies that education should foster in the students from this perspective, a content analysis of 28 stories was performed. The results endorse the existing coherence between the materials analysed and the principles and values that the Earth Charter’s text reflects and the relevance of these materials as educational resources within the framework of education for sustainable development.

Analysis of Mythical-Metaphorical Narratives as a Resource for Education in the Principles and Values of Sustainability

UNESCO Chair of Environmental Education and Sustainable Development National University of Distance Education, Spain

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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This research aims to prove that the mythical-metaphorical narratives from cultures in harmonic relationship with their natural environment can be considered...

Analysis of Mythical-Metaphorical Narratives as a Resource for Education in the Principles and Values of Sustainability

Published Online: Mar 11, 2015

Page range: 18 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2014-0009

Keywords
educational resource, mythical-metaphorical narratives, education for sustainable development, complex thinking

© Grian-Antonio Cutanda, María Ángeles Murga-Menoyo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis of Mythical-Metaphorical Narratives as a Resource for Education in the Principles and Values of Sustainability

Published Online: Mar 11, 2015

Page range: 18 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2014-0009

Keywordseducational resource, mythical-metaphorical narratives, education for sustainable development, complex thinking

© Grian-Antonio Cutanda, María Ángeles Murga-Menoyo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
educational resource, mythical-metaphorical narratives, education for sustainable development, complex thinking