Transformative learning as a basic teaching framework for the vegetal world
Abstract
Highlighting the vegetal world’s importance by the educational community is an issue of major importance due to the role of plant organisms in the effort for sustainable development and the «Plant Blindness» phenomenon. The educational attempts implemented so far to address this phenomenon seem to be working partly and on a small scale. Aim of this research is to identify, through a literature review, a consistent and all-encompassing teaching framework that will bring about a change of existing mental models, values and perceptions related to plant organisms. According to the results, transformative learning within a modern, sustainable school can be such an option.
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