TY - JOUR
T1 - An exploratory case study of Dutch children's attitudes toward consumption
T2 - Implications for environmental education
AU - Kopnina, Helen
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - This critical essay based on empirical study draws upon research on the differences in attitudes toward consumption among Dutch upper-elementary school children with different socioeconomic backgrounds. This article examines two strands of theory: critical literature on the conceptualization and practice of sustainable consumption, and the theory of postmaterialist values. By synthesizing these strands of theory the author outlines a number of paradoxes and challenges in theory and practice of consumption and lays a foundation for teaching sustainable consumption at the upper-elementary school level. The Cradle-to-Cradle framework is proposed as a form of strategically significant environmental education that can be used for teaching consumption.
AB - This critical essay based on empirical study draws upon research on the differences in attitudes toward consumption among Dutch upper-elementary school children with different socioeconomic backgrounds. This article examines two strands of theory: critical literature on the conceptualization and practice of sustainable consumption, and the theory of postmaterialist values. By synthesizing these strands of theory the author outlines a number of paradoxes and challenges in theory and practice of consumption and lays a foundation for teaching sustainable consumption at the upper-elementary school level. The Cradle-to-Cradle framework is proposed as a form of strategically significant environmental education that can be used for teaching consumption.
KW - Cradle-to-Cradle
KW - environmental education (EE)
KW - postmaterialist theory
KW - sustainable consumption
KW - The Netherlands
KW - upper-elementary schools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84872324386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00958964.2012.706240
DO - 10.1080/00958964.2012.706240
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872324386
VL - 44
SP - 128
EP - 144
JO - Journal of Environmental Education
JF - Journal of Environmental Education
SN - 0095-8964
IS - 2
ER -