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This chapter considers the significance of hope, fear and other emotions for developing effective climate crisis education. This includes examining both problems with invocations of climate hope; but also worries about the possible harmful effects that fear, panic and anxiety in relation to the climate crisis are claimed to have. The chapter suggest that one way out of these conflicts is to return to the theory and practice of a “pedagogy of hope,” that is most closely associated with Paulo Freire, but has a long history as a core component of education projects committed to radical social transformation among leftist, feminist and anti-racist activists and educators.
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Tannock, S. (2021). Pedagogies of Hope and Fear. In: Educating for Radical Social Transformation in the Climate Crisis. Palgrave Studies in Education and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83000-7_4
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