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Book Synopsis Teaching and Learning of Environmental Education for Success by : Johaiven Kashaigili
Download or read book Teaching and Learning of Environmental Education for Success written by Johaiven Kashaigili and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effectiveness in the teaching and learning of Environmental Education since its introduction into the curriculum of Tanzania has been given less attention. Despite various initiatives done, yet, it has taken a project approach rather than of a classroom. Teachers do not get training in Teacher Education and therefore teach basing on their own exposure to EE issues. However, there has been little effort to develop teaching and learning materials suitable for utilization by teachers and learners. The author conducted a developmental study that aims to reduce challenges faced in the teaching and learning of Environmental Education, in particular primary schools. This book, therefore, provides exemplary teaching and learning materials on waste management that have been designed, developed and tested through various prototypes with consideration of subject matter knowledge, knowledge of context and pedagogical skills. Therefore, this book is the result of that study. The book provides knowledge to all educational stakeholders particularly in developing countries including Tanzania on how teaching and learning of Environmental Education can be enhanced for excellence.
Book Synopsis The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It) by : Charles Saylan
Download or read book The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It) written by Charles Saylan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The hope for the future depends on teaching current and future students the analytical and critical thinking skills for dealing with the most critical problems. My own hope is for this book to be read by everyone, even those outside the field of environmental education. Read this book, read it again, share it widely, and do something - anything - to help our needy and wounded planet."-Marc Bekoff, author of The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint "Saylan and Blumstein provide a compelling vision of what can be, and what should be, if we have the courage to open our eyes and the boldness to act.”-Peter Saundry, Ph.D., Executive Director of the National Council for Science and the Environment “A clarion call to incorporate environmental education in all grades K-12, across all academic disciplines, in order to produce future generations of environmental stewards."-Mark Gold, President, Heal The Bay "We need a sea change in the educational system. After all, if we can teach schoolchildren that vandalism is wrong, why can we not teach them that environmental destruction is wrong? This book is a haunting call to action. A beautifully written manifesto that gets it right."-Ron Swaisgood, Director of Applied Animal Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global “The greatest threat to the future of all species on the planet is the huge gap between what is understood about global climate change by the scientific community and what is known about climate change by the people who need to know -- the public. The sound prescriptions in this book need to be read now. We are running out of time.”-Dr. James Hansen, world-renowned climatologist and author of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity “Environmental education is a disaster and educating the public on environmental issues is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. This book will help us understand why we are headed toward the collapse of civilization, and more important, how to fix it. Packed with sound science, useful information, and brilliant ideas, it is a book we must read, and give, to our local school boards and principals nationwide. Our children will thank us."-Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Humanity on a Tightrope
Book Synopsis Environmental Education in a Climate of Reform by : Sylvia Christine Almeida
Download or read book Environmental Education in a Climate of Reform written by Sylvia Christine Almeida and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "India is grappling with serious environmental issues that have been largely sparked by its galloping economy. As a measure of its seriousness to reduce the environmental impacts it has spearheaded numerous policy initiatives. One of the major thrusts of the proposed initiatives to curb environmental degradation has been to create an informed and well-educated citizenry. The federal mandates have triggered new curriculum policies and the compulsory teaching of environmental and sustainability education at all levels in all education institutions. This volume examines the policy practice conundrum. It looks at how national and international policy reforms reach practitioners – in this case teacher educators. Furthermore, it unravels how teacher educators understand environmental education, the ways in which they negotiate its demands on their busy schedules, what helps them in determining relevant issues within this and finally how they implement these policies in their everyday practices. It is evident from this book that while there have been some really well meaning development of policies, their impact on teacher educators’ practice, and therefore student teachers’ learning about Environmental Education is limited. The study showed that while these teacher educators had a clear understanding of the environment and saw the need/importance of incorporating Environmental Education in their daily practices they had very little scope to do so. There were numerous factors that constrained implementation. The book provides inputs on global policy practice gaps. It offers valuable insights to a global audience grappling with understanding the ways in which environmental education policies are put into practice in emerging economies like India. The final argument is thesis that while policy reforms are a step in the right direction they need to be backed up with strong implementation systems in order to be successful."“div>
Book Synopsis The Handbook of Environmental Education by : Philip Neal
Download or read book The Handbook of Environmental Education written by Philip Neal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-10-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Environmental Learning by : Mark Rickinson
Download or read book Environmental Learning written by Mark Rickinson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental education and education for sustainable development have become features of many countries’ formal education systems. To date, however, there have been few attempts to explore what such learning looks and feels like from the perspective of the learners. Based on in-depth empirical studies in school and university classrooms, this book presents rich insights into the complexities and dynamics of students’ environmental learning. The authors show how careful analysis of students’ environmental learning experiences can provide powerful pointers for future practice, policy and research. Environmental Learning will be a key resource for educators, teacher educators, decision-makers and researchers involved in education and sustainable development.
Book Synopsis Field-Based Teaching and Learning in Environmental Education by : Kwan-Ki Ma
Download or read book Field-Based Teaching and Learning in Environmental Education written by Kwan-Ki Ma and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Field-based Teaching and Learning in Environmental Education: a Case Study on Official Curriculum in Hong Kong" by Kwan-ki, Ma, 馬昀祺, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: In order to tackle challenging environmental problems that we are facing, environmental education (EE) is important to educate the masses to possess necessary awareness, knowledge, attitudes and skills to participate in solutions of current problems and the prevention of new ones. EE is best implemented in the Threefold Approach which integrates education about, in and for the environment. Of which, education in the environment is heavily linked to outdoor education. This study particularly focuses on outdoor education related to teaching and learning for subject teaching and EE in the school curriculum which is regarded as Field-based Education (FBE). With the focus on the New Senior Secondary Curriculum (NSS Curriculum), this study aims at investigating the best practices for the implementation of field-based EE and understanding its roles, situations, challenges and opportunities to formulate strategies for better implementation of field-based teaching and learning to benefit EE in Hong Kong schools. According to the proposed theoretical framework of field-based EE in the NSS Curriculum, a mixed method approach was used including evaluative case studies on current field-based EE programmes and questionnaire survey of secondary school teachers and administrators. The case studies evaluated ten programmes organized by two field studies centres and an ENGO with the use of multiple data collection methods in a triangulation approach. The questionnaire survey had surveyed 102, 86 and 60 Biology, Geography and LS teachers respectively while the questionnaire survey of school administrators received 23 valid questionnaires. Based on the findings, a Model of effective field-based environmental education was postulated for the best practices of implementing field-based teaching and learning for EE. This model is important and useful when teachers and environmental educators design and implement education in the environment through conducting field-based EE programme. While EE is implemented in a whole-school cross-curricular approach, this study showed that field-based EE was not effectively implemented. Students had positive perceptions of field-based learning but the current opportunities for them to join field-based programmes did not match with their expectations. The prevailing approach of FBE in the NSS Curriculum is dominated by field research with field excursion. Effectiveness for EE was moderate in which knowledge gain was the main learning outcome while the success in stimulating pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour should be further improved. Differences in perception to field-based EE and actual practices of utilizing FBE were found between teachers of the three subjects. Mismatches were also identified for each subject and these are crucial for planning specific strategies to improve the implementation of field-based EE in the curriculum. Major difficulties for teachers in organizing field-based programmes were the lack of time due to compact school timetables and heavy workload for teachers. External bodies have an important role in field-based EE with the provision of field-based programme and teacher training. As education about the environment is dominated in the implementation of school EE while education in and for the environment need to be further developed, recommendations were given for improving field-based teaching and learni
Book Synopsis The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education by : Alec Bodzin
Download or read book The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education written by Alec Bodzin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the coming decades, the general public will be required ever more often to understand complex environmental issues, evaluate proposed environmental plans, and understand how individual decisions affect the environment at local to global scales. Thus it is of fundamental importance to ensure that higher quality education about these ecological issues raises the environmental literacy of the general public. In order to achieve this, teachers need to be trained as well as classroom practice enhanced. This volume focuses on the integration of environmental education into science teacher education. The book begins by providing readers with foundational knowledge of environmental education as it applies to the discipline of science education. It relates the historical and philosophical underpinnings of EE, as well as current trends in the subject that relate to science teacher education. Later chapters examine the pedagogical practices of environmental education in the context of science teacher education. Case studies of environmental education teaching and learning strategies in science teacher education, and instructional practices in K-12 science classrooms, are included. This book shares knowledge and ideas about environmental education pedagogy and serves as a reliable guide for both science teacher educators and K-12 science educators who wish to insert environmental education into science teacher education. Coverage includes everything from the methods employed in summer camps to the use of podcasting as a pedagogical aid. Studies have shown that schools that do manage to incorporate EE into their teaching programs demonstrate significant growth in student achievement as well as improved student behavior. This text argues that the multidisciplinary nature of environmental education itself requires problem-solving, critical thinking and literacy skills that benefit students’ work right across the curriculum.
Book Synopsis Environmental Education to Sustainability Education: Effective and Inclusive Strategies For Teaching to All Elementary Students by : Amy M. Loskota
Download or read book Environmental Education to Sustainability Education: Effective and Inclusive Strategies For Teaching to All Elementary Students written by Amy M. Loskota and published by Amy Mireault. This book was released on 2004 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Environmental Education: Curriculam And Teaching Methods by : Kirubakaran Samuel I.Sundar
Download or read book Environmental Education: Curriculam And Teaching Methods written by Kirubakaran Samuel I.Sundar and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2007 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American litterateur.
Book Synopsis Environmental education in the schools creating a program that works. by :
Download or read book Environmental education in the schools creating a program that works. written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis International Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Environmental Education: A Reader by : Giuliano Reis
Download or read book International Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Environmental Education: A Reader written by Giuliano Reis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book shares critical perspectives on the conceptualization, implementation, discourses, policies, and alternative practices of environmental education (EE) for diverse and unique groups of learners in a variety of international educational settings. Each contribution offers insights on the authors’ own processes of re-imagining an education in/about/for the environment that are realized through their teaching, research and other ways of “doing” EE. Overall, environmental education has been aimed at giving people a wider appreciation of the diversity of cultural and environmental systems around them as well as the urge to overcome existing problems. In this context, universities, schools, and community-based organizations struggle to promote sustainable environmental education practices geared toward the development of ecologically literate citizens in light of surmountable challenges of hyperconsumerism, environmental depletion and socioeconomic inequality. The extent that individuals within educational systems are expected to effectively respond to—as well as benefit from—a “greener” and more just world becomes paramount with the vision and analysis of different successes and challenges embodied by EE efforts worldwide. This book fosters conversations amongst researchers, teacher educators, schoolteachers, and community leaders in order to promote new international collaborations around current and potential forms of environmental education. This book reflects many successful international projects and perspectives on the theory and praxis of environmental education. An eclectic mix of international scholars challenge environmental educators to engage issues of reconciliation of correspondences and difference across regions. In their own ways, authors stimulate critical conversations that seem pivotal for necessary re-imaginings of research and pedagogy across the grain of cultural and ecological realities, systematic barriers and reconceptualizations of environmental education. The book is most encouraging in that it works to expand the creative commons for progress in teaching, researching and doing environmental education in desperate times. — Paul Hart, Professor of Science and Environmental Education at the University of Regina (Canada), Melanson Award for outstanding contributions to environmental and outdoor education (Saskatchewan Outdoor and Environmental Education Association) and North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)’s Jeske Award for Leadership and Service to the Field of EE and Outstanding Contributions to Research in EE. In an attempt to overcome simplistic and fragmented views of doing Environmental Education in both formal and informal settings, the collected authors from several countries/continents present a wealth of cultural, social, political, artistic, pedagogical, and ethical perspectives that enrich our vision on the theoretical and practical foundations of the field. A remarkable book that I suggest all environmental educators, teacher educators, policy and curricular writers read and present to their students in order to foster dialogue around innovative ways of experiencing an education about/in/for the environment. — Rute Monteiro, Professor of Science Education, Universidade do Algarve/ University of Algarve (Portugal).
Book Synopsis Methods of Successful Learning in Environmental Education by : Zdravka Kostova
Download or read book Methods of Successful Learning in Environmental Education written by Zdravka Kostova and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The article discusses the problems connected with effective learning in environmental education (EE). Educational goals, approaches to teaching, basic organizing ideas and the main constructs of an innovative model of EE are dealt with in the paper. Basic strategies of learning are outlined and dominant methods briefly characterized. Students' activities are organized along a five-component structured model integrating knowledge, values, ethics, skills and evaluation. Criteria for evaluation of educational results are outlined. Effectiveness of teaching methods is assessed and confirmed using statistical methods. "Applicacion" is appended. (Contains 11 tables and 6 figures.).
Book Synopsis The Ecology of School by : David Zandvliet
Download or read book The Ecology of School written by David Zandvliet and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and documents one school’s experiences in achieving their environmental literacy goals through the development of a place-based learning environment. Through this iniative, a longitudinal, descriptive case study began at the Bowen Island Community School to both support and advocate for ecological literacy, while helping the school realize its broad environmental learning goals. Conceptualised as an intensive case study of a learning environment (with an environmental education focus), the program was part of a larger ecological literacy project conducted in association with preservice and graduate education programs at a nearby university and research centre. Following both (empirical) learning environments and participatory (ethnographic) research methods, the project is described from a variety of perspectives: students, teachers, teacher educators, researchers and administrators. The volume describes a variety of forms of place-based education that teachers devised and implemented at the school while giving evidence of the development of a supportive and positive place-based learning environment. The programs and initiatives described in this volume provide the reader with insights for the development of place-based programming more generally . The final chapter outlines participatory methods and action research efforts used to evaluate the success of the project and recounts the development and validation of a learning environment instrument to assist with this process. The new instrument coupled with qualitative descriptions of the learning environment experienced by many at the school give unique insights into the various ways the study of learning environments (as a methodology) may be explored.
Book Synopsis Environmental Education at Post Secondary Level by : Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
Download or read book Environmental Education at Post Secondary Level written by Centre for Educational Research and Innovation and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Teaching Climate Change in the United States by : Joseph Henderson
Download or read book Teaching Climate Change in the United States written by Joseph Henderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights best practices in climate change education through the analysis of a rich collection of case studies that showcase educational programs across the United States. Framed against the political backdrop of a country in which climate change denial presents a significant threat to global action for mitigation and adaptation, each case study examines the various strategies employed by those working in this increasingly challenging sociopolitical environment. Via co-authored chapters written by educational researchers and climate change education practitioners in conversation with one another, a wide range of education programs is represented. These range from traditional institutions such as K-12 schools and universities to the contemporary learning environments of museums and environmental education centres. The role of mass media and community-level educational initiatives is also examined. The authors cover a multitude of topics, including the challenge of multi-stakeholder projects, tensions between indigenous knowledge and scientific research, education for youth activism, and professional learning. By telling stories of success and failure from the field, this book provides climate change researchers and educators with tools to help them navigate increasingly rough and rising waters.
Book Synopsis Education and the Environment by : Gregory A. Smith
Download or read book Education and the Environment written by Gregory A. Smith and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1992-10-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Teaching Environmental Literacy by : Heather L. Reynolds
Download or read book Teaching Environmental Literacy written by Heather L. Reynolds and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating environmental education throughout the curriculum.
