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Nationality
  
American

Citizenship
  
USA

Born
  
1 January 1935 (age 82) Portland, Oregon (
1935-01-01
)

Spouse
  
Mary Katharine Roberts Bowers

Children
  
Elizabeth Adelle Bowers, Ann-Elise Emerson

Books
  
Revitalizing the Common, Mindful Conservatism: Rethinkin, Let Them Eat Data: How Com, The Culture of Denial: W, Educating for Eco‑justic

C. A. Bowers is an American environmentalist.

Bowers was born 1935 and grew up in Portland, Oregon and earned his first degree at Portland State University in 1958, and a PhD in education and social thought from the University of California in 1962. After teaching at the University of Saskatchewan (1962–1967) he joined the faculty at the University of Oregon where he taught in the Departments of Educational Studies, Humanities, Environmental Studies, and the Honors College. In 1993 he joined the faculty at Portland State University, retiring in 1998. He continued to teach on a pro bono basis at the University of Oregon until 2012.

His writings on ecologically and culturally informed educational reforms led to his being invited to speak at 41 American and 39 foreign universities––in Australia, South Africa, South America, Europe, Canada, Taiwan, China, and South Korea. His books have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.

In 1982 he gave the John Dewey Memorial Lecture. He has also been invited to teach at York University, Northern Arizona University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of California.

He has written 23 books, with most focused on the cultural, linguistic and technological roots of the ecological crisis, and on educational reforms that promote ecological intelligence. His most widely held book, the 1990 Responsive teaching : an ecological approach to classroom patterns of language, culture, and thought is held in 648 libraries, according to WorldCat.

He has also written over 105 articles. In addition, he has served on a pro bono basis as a consultant on technology/cultural issues for PRATEC in Peru.

Publications

  • Digital detachment : how computer culture undermines democracy. NY: Routledge, 2016.
  • The Cultural and Linguistic Foundations of Stem Reforms: Educating Beyond the Myths of Scientism. , Routledge, 2016.
  • An Ecological and Cultural Critique of the Common Core Curriculum. NY Peter Lang, 2015.
  • (with Frédérique Apffel-Marglin.) Editors, Re-Thinking Freire: Globalization and the Environmental Crisis. Routledge, 2015.
  • The False Promises of the Digital Revolution: The Failure of Computer Scientists to Understand that no Amount of Data Can Fix a World In Crisis. NY:Peter Lang, 2014, ISBN 978-1-306-78936-3
  • In the Grip of the Past: Educational Reforms that Address What Needs to be Conserved and What Needs to be Changed. Eugene, OR: Eco-Justice Press. (2013). ISBN 978-0-9891296-1-9
  • The Way Forward: Educational Reforms that Focus on the Cultural Commons and the Linguistic Roots of the Ecological/Cultural Crises. Eugene, OR: Eco-Justice Press. (2012). ISBN 978-0-9660370-6-7
  • Educational Reforms for the 21st Century. Eugene, OR: Eco-Justice Press. (2011). ISBN 0-9660370-1-4
  • University Reform in an Era of Global Warming. Eugene, OR. Eco-Justice Press. (2011). ISBN 0-9660370-4-9
  • Perspectives on the Ideas of Gregory Bateson, Ecological Intelligence, and Educational Reforms. Eugene, OR: Eco-Justice Press. (2011). ISBN 0-9660370-0-6
  • Revitalizing the Commons: Cultural and Educational Sites of Resistance and Affirmation. New York: Peter Lang.(2006). ISBN 0-73911334-8
  • False Promises of Constructivist Theories of Learning: A Global and Ecological Critique. New York: Peter Lang. (2005). ISBN 0-8204788-49
  • Co-edited with Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Rethinking Freire: Globalization and the Environmental Crisis. Mahway, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum. 2004. ISBN 0-8058-5114-3.
  • Mindful Conservatism: Rethinking the Ideological and Educational Basis of an Ecologically Sustainable Future. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. (2003). ISBN 0-7425-3321-2
  • Detras de la apariencia: hacia la descolonizacion de la educacion. Lima, Peru: Proyecto Andino de Tecnologías Campesinas, 2002. ISBN 9972-646-27-0
  • Educating for Eco-Justice and Community. Athens GA: University of Georgia Press, (2001) ISBN 0-8203-2305-5
  • Let Them Eat Data: How Computers Affect Education, Cultural Diversity, and the Prospects of Ecological Sustainability. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. (2000). ISBN 0-8203-2229-6
  • The Culture of Denial: Why the Environmental Movement Needs a Strategy for Reforming Universities and Public Schools. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 1997. ISBN 0-7914-3463-X
  • Educating for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture: Rethinking Moral Education, Creativity, Intelligence and Other Modern Orthodoxies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. (1995). ISBN 0-7914-2497-9
  • Critical Essays on Education, Modernity, and he Recovery of the Ecological Imperative. New York: Teachers College Press. (1993). ISBN 0-8077-3244-3
  • Education, Cultural Myths, and the Ecological Crisis: Toward Deep Changes. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. (1993). ISBN 0-7914-1255-5
  • With David Flinders, Responsive Teaching: An Ecological Approach to Classroom Patterns of Language, Culture, Thought. New York: Teachers College Press. (1990). ISBN 0-8077-2998-1
  • The Cultural Dimensions of Educational Computing: Understanding the Non-Neutrality of Technology. New York:Teachers College Press. (1988). ISBN 978-0807729236
  • Elements of a Post-Liberal Theory of Education. New York:Teachers College Press. (1987). ISBN 0-8077-2849-7
  • The Promise of Theory: Education and the Politics of Cultural Change John Dewey lecture; no. 19. New York: Longman. (1984).
  • Cultural Literacy for Freedom: An Existential Perspective on Teaching, Curriculum, and School Policy. Eugene, OR: Elan Press. (1974).
  • The Progressive Educator and the Depression: The Radical Years. New York:Random House. (1969).

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