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The central aim is to explore the deep-rooted ontological issues affecting environmental education's effectiveness.

From object to home: rethinking the ontological orientation of Environmental Education

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Reveals the need for a fundamental rethinking of environmental education for effective learning.

The central aim is to explore the deep-rooted ontological issues affecting environmental education's effectiveness.
Analyzed literature from environmental education, philosophy of education, and environmental philosophy.
Identified four interconnected dimensions of the paradox in environmental education.
Proposed an ontological reorientation through diverse philosophical traditions.
Highlighted contradictions in environmental education's content and its intended purposes.
Noted the mismatch between abstract learner models and place-specific individuals in classrooms.
Emphasized the marginalization of non-Western knowledge traditions in current frameworks.

Shengmeng (Summer) Cui (2026) studied this question.

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