Conference paper
Will insects inherit the earth? Climate change, sociology and education
Proceedings of the 2009 Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference, pp.1-15
Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference: The Future of Sociology Australia, 2009 (Canberra, Australia, 01-Dec-2009–04-Dec-2009)
Australian Sociological Association
2009
Abstract
Climate change threatens the survival of human society, animal species and ecosystems but for the most part sociology and education have been notably silent on such matters. This paper discusses the relevance of sociology and education to the identiication and clariication of issues concerned with sustaining human social life under changing and variable climates. It argues that sociology in general brings a corpus of knowledge, investigative approaches and theories concerning human social behaviour to bear on climate change matters, and the sociology of education in particular raises important questions and concerns about the social aspects of education and learning in institutions and elsewhere. Such understandings are essential if we are to achieve the degree of change social change necessary to secure human survival.
Details
- Title
- Will insects inherit the earth? Climate change, sociology and education
- Authors
- Julie M Matthews (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Contributors
- S Lockie (Editor)D Bissell (Editor)A Greig (Editor)M Hynes (Editor)L Saha (Editor)J Sikora (Editor)D Woodman (Editor)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2009 Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference, pp.1-15
- Conference details
- Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference: The Future of Sociology Australia, 2009 (Canberra, Australia, 01-Dec-2009–04-Dec-2009)
- Publisher
- Australian Sociological Association
- Date published
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9780646525013
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2009 The Authors. Reproduced with permission of the author.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449694102621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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