String Theory and Our Relationship with Nature: The Convergence of Science, Curriculum Theory, and the Environment

Curriculum Theory affords us the opportunity to examine education from a multitude of directions. This work takes advantage of that opportunity to explore the relationships between science, nature, and curriculum using string theory and our ideas about the environment as a backdrop. Both the energy and multiple possibilities created by strings and the rich history leading up to the theory help to illustrate the many opportunities we have to advance discussions in alternative ways of looking at science. By considering the multiple dimensions inherent in string theory as multiple pathways and interweaving metaphors from Deleuze and Guattari, Michel Serres, and Donna Haraway, our approach to environmental issues and environmental education allow us to include alternative ways of looking at the world.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education in Curriculum Studies (Ed.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading

Year dc:date.available

2010

Author dc:creator

• Bennett, Virginia Therese

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ming Fang He
• Marla Morris
• Alison Morrison-Shetlar

• ETD
• Bowers
• CA
• Curriculum theory
• Cyborgs
• Orr
• David
• Haraway
• Donna
• Ecofeminism
• Einstein
• Environment
• Deleuze
• Gilles
• Serres
• Michel
• Physics
• Rhizomes
• String theory
• Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/530

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1530