Ecocritical Perspectives in Teacher Education

John Lupinacci, Ph.D. (2013), Eastern Michigan University, is an Associate Professor at Washington State University in the Department of Teaching & Learning. He has published on ecocritical education, including co-authoring EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse, Democratic, and Sustainable Communities (Routledge, 2021). Alison Happel-Parkins, Ph.D. (2012), Georgia State University, is an Associate Professor in the department of Counselling, Educational Psychology, & Research at the University of Memphis. As a feminist researcher, she has published on topics related to social and environmental justice. Rita Turner, Ph.D. (2011), University of Maryland Baltimore County, is an Independent Scholar. Her work focuses on food justice and environmental racism. She is the author of Teaching for EcoJustice: Curriculum and Lessons for Secondary and College Classrooms (Routledge, 2015).

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 Ecocritical Perspectives in Teacher Education: An IntroductionJohn Lupinacci, Alison Happel-Parkins and Rita Turner2 Learn Globally, Teach Locally: Developing an EcoJustice Stance among Preservice Teachers through a Critical Place-Based Pedagogical ModelMarissa E. Bellino and Greer Burroughs3 Classroom Ecologies That (Re)Claim a Democratic Commons: A Dialogic Inquiry into Creative Coexistence and Value Creation in Teacher PraxisMelissa Bradford and Michio Okamura4 The Specter of Enclosure in School Gardens: An Ecocritical Pedagogy for the Educational CommonsGraham B. Slater, Robert G. Unzueta and Clayton Pierce5 Saberes Curativos and Jardines-HuertosSilvia Patricia Solís6 For the Birds: The Pedagogical Value of Drawing on Relationship-Focused Nature WritingAgnes C. Krynski7 Bringing the Social and Ecological into Teacher Education: Place-Conscious Teacher Education for Cultivating Community Well-BeingKevin J. Holohan8 Anarchism, EcoJustice, and Earth Democracy: An Eco-Anarchic Social Studies for the 21st CenturyBrandon Edwards-Schuth and John Lupinacci9 The Greening of STEM: Teaching Mathematics Pedagogy within an Ecojustice FrameworkNataly Chesky and Mark Wolfmeyer10 The Cost of Unsettling America: Math Education for EcoJusticeEmilia Maertens and Rebecca Martusewicz11 Pedagogical Misanthropy in mother! Decentering the Human in Ecocritical EducationJT Torres, Emma McMain and John Lupinacci12 “Educated by the Jungle”: How Vedda Wisdom Can Impact Ecocritical PedagogyMeneka Repka13 AfterwordJohn Lupinacci, Alison Happel-Parkins and Rita TurnerIndex