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    Curricular Framing of An Environmental Contamination Curriculum: Power, Positionality, and Intention

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    Author
    Knox, Corey J.
    Issue Date
    2018
    Keywords
    Curriculum
    Curriculum Development
    Environmental Justice
    Water Contamination
    Advisor
    Tolbert, Sara
    
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    The University of Arizona.
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    Abstract
    The ability to critically analyze, understand, and take action on environmental issues in one’s community and to contribute to larger regional and global solutions, is a responsibility that should be accepted as central to K-12 education, most especially in communities that have been subjected to racism, neglect and environmental degradation. Such is the case in environmental disasters as the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint, Michigan or as is the subject/place of this research project—trichloroethylene (TCE) and 1,4 dioxane water contamination caused by over 30 years of dumping of deadly contaminates by military defense contractors in the largely Latinx community. This research analyzes a locally developed multidisciplinary secondary high school curriculum entitled, “The TCE contamination and cleanup curriculum.” This research begins with a content analysis that focuses on how environmental justice is defined and enacted within the curriculum. Additionally, through interviews and analysis of artifacts, this historical case study explicates the processes by which multiple stakeholders including, teachers, community activists, affected residents, curriculum designers, scientists, and representatives of the responsible parties (military contractors/government entities) participated in the development of this curriculum. This study sheds light on how critical local environmental issues become embedded in formal education, foregrounding themes of environmental justice, power, student empowerment, and community environmental knowledge. It also seeks to illuminate the processes, challenges, and benefits of co-creating and implementing curricular materials that focus on immediate, complex, politically charged, environmental issues.
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    Degree Name
    Ph.D.
    Degree Level
    doctoral
    Degree Program
    Graduate College
    Teaching & Teacher Education
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    University of Arizona
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