환경교육운동은 환경운동에서 출발하여 환경교육과 결합한 것으로, 이 둘의 양면적, 통합적, 초월적 성격을 가지면서 둘 사이 긴장관계 또한 내포하고 있다. 이 연구는 환경교육운동의 고유한 실재성을 이론적 논의를 통해 확인하고 문헌연구와 구술연구를 통해 환경교육운동이 고유의 정체성을 획득해가는 형성과정을 연대기별로 확인하였으며 환경교육과 환경운동의 관계설정에 따라 세 가지 유형으로 분화되는 양상을 확인하였다. 첫째는 교육의 맥락에서 강한 가치지향성을 가지면서 교육과 운동의 통합을 추구하는 유형으로, 이때 환경교육운동은 환경교육이자 환경운동이다. 둘째는 운동의 맥락에서 환경교육을 환경운동의 효과적인 전략으로 선택하고 집중해가는 유형으로, 이때 환경교육운동은 환경운동의 한 방식이 된다. 마지막으로 환경운동이나 환경교육의 영역에만 머무르지 않고 확장되는 유형으로, 이때 환경교육운동은 삶 자체를 변화시키는 교육운동이다.
The environmental education movement began as an environmental movement and combined itself with environmental education. As a result, it embraces the ambivalent, integrative and transcendental nature of both fields on one hand, and the tensions that exist between them on the other hand. This study aims to uncover the unique identity of the environmental education movement through methods of theoretical discussion, literature review and oral history study. Environmental education movements in Korea first formed their unique identity in 1990s and since 2000 have expanded and diversified their domain. Through this process of change, the identity of the environmental movement has diverged generally into three patterns. First, the environmental education movement is considered both as environmental education and as an environmental movement, and pursues the unification of education and a movement. As such, the environmental education movement enthusiastically pursues environmental education for social change. Second, the environmental education movement is one means of conducting an environmental movement. The environmental education movement has been chosen as an effective strategy for conducting an environmental movement. Finally, the environmental education movement is not limited to the domain of environmental movements and environmental education but extends itself to education movements which make changes to life itself.
The environmental education movement began as an environmental movement and combined itself with environmental education. As a result, it embraces the ambivalent, integrative and transcendental nature of both fields on one hand, and the tensions that exist between them on the other hand. This study aims to uncover the unique identity of the environmental education movement through methods of theoretical discussion, literature review and oral history study. Environmental education movements in Korea first formed their unique identity in 1990s and since 2000 have expanded and diversified their domain. Through this process of change, the identity of the environmental movement has diverged generally into three patterns. First, the environmental education movement is considered both as environmental education and as an environmental movement, and pursues the unification of education and a movement. As such, the environmental education movement enthusiastically pursues environmental education for social change. Second, the environmental education movement is one means of conducting an environmental movement. The environmental education movement has been chosen as an effective strategy for conducting an environmental movement. Finally, the environmental education movement is not limited to the domain of environmental movements and environmental education but extends itself to education movements which make changes to life itself.
