From experience to actions for justice: learners’ views on epistemic, environmental and transitional justice in Nepal, Peru and Uganda
Year | : | 2024 |
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Author/s | : | Robin Shields, Ainur Muratkyzy, Mohan Paudel, Ashik Singh, Expedito Nuwategeka, María Fernanda Rodríguez, Julia Paulson |
Area/s | : | Education and learning |
Shields, R., Muratkyzy, A., Paudel, M., Singh, A., Nuwategeka, E., Rodriguez, M.F. & Paulson, J. (2024). From experience to actions for justice: learners’ views on epistemic, environmental and transitional justice in Nepal, Peru and Uganda. Global Social Challenges Journal, 3(1), 68-83. https://doi.org/10.1332/27523349Y2024D000000011
Understanding how today’s children will act in the future is essential to education supporting sustainable development. This study investigated how students in three contexts in Nepal, Peru and Uganda understand environmental, epistemic and transitional justice. It used a tabletbased app to present students with scenarios that illustrates different attitudes, experiences and intended actions with respect to these three forms of justice and analysed responses to focus on factors related to intended actions. The analysis suggests that both attitudes and experiences are important in shaping intended actions in the future. Thus, education systems should not only develop attitudes to support sustainable development, but also exemplify and embody socially justice practices, providing students with experience of social contexts that support sustainable development.