A critique of water scarcity discourses in educational policy and textbooks in Jordan

Hussein, Hussam (2018) A critique of water scarcity discourses in educational policy and textbooks in Jordan. The Journal of Environmental Education, 49 (3). pp. 260-271. ISSN 0095-8964

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Abstract

This article investigates the representation of water scarcity in Jordanian textbooks to understand its role on improving education on environmental sustainability. People's understanding of an issue guides their actions toward finding and implementing appropriate solutions to what they perceive as a problem. Discourses are key in constructing people's understanding of issues, in this case, water scarcity. This article shows the role of textbooks and of the educational system in constructing a discourse of water scarcity that frames the issue as due to nature, to neighboring countries, and to refugees. It then demonstrates how this framing opens and drives toward supply-side solutions and discusses to what extent the representations of water scarcity strive to achieve a better education on environmental sustainability.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	jordan,water scarcity,discourse analysis,educational policy,textbooks,sdg 6 - clean water and sanitation,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/clean_water_and_sanitation
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2017 05:05
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 03:17
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/65272
DOI:	10.1080/00958964.2017.1373620

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