• Education
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462-4
SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
July 2 - July 26 (inclusive) ?
Instructor: B. Jickling
Location: IRA
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In July of 1986., Simon Fraser University will offer its Summer
Institute in Environmental Education. This will be a
multidisciplinary program for techers, other educators., and anyone
interested in all aspects of human-environment interactions. It is
offered in a total immersion intensive format to allow teachers and
others with major time commitments in the summer to attend. This also
makes possible extensive use of field trips and outdoor activities.
The Simon Fraser Summer Institute in Environmental Eduction combines
two 4 semester credit courses: Eduction 452 and Education 462.
Students in the Professional Development Program may use the program
for credit towards completion of Education 404.
Rationale
The Summer Institute is designed to familiarize the educator with
the range of interpretations given to the term "environmental
education." The course will lend itself to a multidisciplinary
approach and should be of interest to educators of all subjects and
grade levels. Extensive background in science or social studies is
not required. Using the B.C. coastal environment, the course will
examine many aspects of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and
human-environment interactions. Understanding of "environmental
education" will be further enhanced by exploring: 1. curriculum
development as it relates to environmental education and, 2. student
learning styles.
The field of curriculum is central to environmental education,
and it characterized by debate and conflicting theoretical positions.
It is important for educators to understand the nature of this debate
in order to effectively integrate, develop, and evaluate environmental
education curricula with reference to their own teaching situation.
Educational use of the environment also provides educators with
opportunities to vary their teaching styles. The Summer Institute
will expilor environmental education as a vehicle for the enrichment
of student learning by examining variations in teaching styles and
learning modalities.
Aims
1.
To provide a variety of experiences in the outdoors designed to
encourage the exploration of many aspects of human-environment
interactions, and to familiarize educators with educative
possibilities that can be developed and utilized in this
environment.
2.
To provide an overview of curricular interpretations of
environmental education.
3.
To enhance students' abilities to evaluate, integrate, and develop
curricula for use in environmental education.
4.
To explore contemporary perceptions of the environment and human-
environment relationships.
5.
To explore, through active participation and reflection, the
potential roles played by environmental education in enriching
student learniny addressing variation ieaching and learning
styles..
Content
1.
Environmental education: an overview of the various philosophical
theoretical and ideological approaches to environmental education..
2.
Human-environment relationships: a contemporary overview.
3..
Field experiences: activities may provide an end in themselves or
a means to another end. The relationship between activities and
objectives will be discussed. Backpacking, marine and coastal
excursions, and
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troduc tory
canoe tripping will be the major
activities engaged in. Instruction in relevant techniques will be
provided.
4. Trip planning: safety, responsibilities, and logistical consid-
erations will be discussed and practiced.
5.
Models of curriculum development: an analysis of various
curriculum development models employed by outdoor/environmental
educators.
6.
Curriculum implementation: a discussion of strategies for
curriculum evaluation, integration, and development.
7. Learning styles: exploration of the potential held by environ-
mental education for enhancing variation in teaching styles and
addressing differences in learning styles.
Format
This program is offered in an intensive, total immersiion format.
Instructional sessions will be held during the day, evenings., and on
the weekends. Students, instructors and resource persons will
frequently undertake field experiences.
The program will be offered at a coastal location in the
summer of 1986. In 1985 the Institute was offered at Pender Harbour
on the Sechelt Peninsula (Sunshine Coast). Negotiations are now
underway to offer The Institute at the same location in 1986.
Accommodatio
n
. Accommodation is offered at a secondary school in the
district, with low-cost residence facilities during the month. (In
1985 residence fees were $40.00 for the month). Students plan and
prepare their own meals in "family" groups.
Fi eld Ac t iv i ty_ E @@.
To defray field transportation expenses during
special trips by sea and land, students. are assessed a field activity
fee of $35.00.
A c
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ion Information. Students already enrolled at Simon
Fraser University may apply by normal pre-registration as summer
session students in Education 452/462.
All students must also complete the aplicat ion guest ionna ire for the
program. This application is available through Undergraduate Programs
in the Faculty of Education. Telephone 291-3643.
Students not currently enrolled at Simon Fraser University must apply
for admission to the University, and, once accepted, pre-register for
the program.
411APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIR•
SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
1986 -
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NOTE: The information provided on this form is intended to
help us plan a better program for students.. In an
intensive field based program like the summer institute
students contribute a great deal to each other. This form
helps us to take advantage of your strengths and experience..
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EDUCATION, FIELD STUDIES, RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES, URBAN
STUDIES, INVOLVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES..
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S•er Institute in Environmal
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Education: Book Review
One of the tasks we will ask you to prepare for the Summer
Institute is to read one of the following books dealing with current
environmental issues, and human-nature interactions.. The list below
provides a wide range of readings, from well-known historical views
which have shaped our attitudes towards nature, to works which
prescribe the future of the human condition and the environment.. The
only choice criterion is that you must not have read the book before..
We ask you to have the book read by the time the Summer Institute
commences, so that you will be prepared to write a brief critique,
using the parameters, ideas, and critical techniques that will be
discussed and developed as the course progresses..
For those of you who may have difficulty obtaining or ordering
some of the titles in your area, several addresses of Vancouver
bookstores are provided below:
BANYEN BOOKS
2685 West Broadway
Vancouver, B.C.
V6K 262
Phone: 732-7912
DUTHIE BOOKS LTD..
919 Robson
Vancouver, B.C.
684-4496
Reading List
Bat eson, Gregory. 1979 Mind and Nature:
rUnity
E.P.Dutton, N.Y., and Bantam Books, Toronto.
- noted researcher and author in biology, anthropology, psychiatry,
and cybernetics, Bateson develops his theory of a "meta pattern" that
connects every living thing on the planet, and interrelates evolution,
mental processes, and Ecology.
Dillard, Annie.. 1974. PilgEim at Tinker Creek. Pan Books, London..
- Pulitzer prize winning chronicle of the changing seasons at Tinker
Creek, intensely and colourfully portrayed through Dillard's unique
writing style. - a unique and sensitive perspective of nature..
Leopold, Aldo.. 1966 (3rd edition) ?
Ballantine
Books, N.Y..
- an established environmental classic, beginning with a beautifully
written description of natures changes, Leopold explores the delicate
ecological balance, and urges the adoption of a wilderness esthetic..
Livingston, John A. 1981 The Fallacy_g±_L4ildlife Conservation
McClelland & Stewart Ltd.., Toronto..
- leading naturalist, author, and co-writer of the recent CBC series
"A Plant for the Taking". Livingston presents a critical dissection
of the central assumptions and arguments behind the North American
conservation movement.. Highly provocative, as well as poetically
descriptive..
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Thomas, Lewis. 1978)
The Lives
of
a Cell Notes
of
a Biology_W8tqb@C
(1980) The Medusa and the Snail
Bantam BOOkSq Toronto.
- enjoyable, easily read collections of essays and ideas concerning
many of the intricacies and mysteries of the natural world, and
humans' intimate involvements and connections.
Evernden, Neil 1985. The Natural Alient.
University of Toronto Press, Toronto, London.
- thoughtful and poetically written overview of environmental thought
and advocacy, reviewing the assumptions and values of Western
societies that form our basic perspectives of humans' "place" in the
world. - an alternate view is proposed, a new understanding and
concept of "
self "
in the environment.
Kohak, Eraz i m. 1984. The Embers and the Stars. A PhilosoRhical
gjg _
the Moral
_gf_Nature.
University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, London.
- a comprehensive and sensitive philosophical essay, that denounces
the western desanctification of nature and illustrates its connections
with our arts and sciences.
Roszak, Theodore. 1979. ? New York, E.P. Dutton,?
Anchor Press.
E.O. Wilson. 1984. Bioptilia Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Press
- well-known biologist and behaviorist Wilson's most recent views of
human interactions.
Samples, Bob. 1976.
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Menlo Park, C.A.
Addison-Wesley.
- the human brain and the metaphor as a way to sense and perceive our
environment.
Turk 1
e,
Shelley. 1984. The Seconde1 ?
omuters and the Human
iit.
- a perspective of computers in our society and environment, and
human's interactions and reflections.
Toffler, A. 1983. Previews
Et.
N.Y., Morrow.
- classic Toffler his basic views and premises spelled out in a
clear, philosophical manner.
Vonnegut, Kurt. 1952, 1980. ?
iano
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Dell Books, NY
- Vonneguts humorous and powerful view of a "totally industrial"
society.
Sperry, R. 1983.
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N.Y., Columbia
University Press.
Sagan, Carl. 1977. The ?
gg_Qf_Eden. - speculations on the
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Evolution of Human Intelligence. Ballantine Books, NY
Capra, F. 1982. The Turning_egint. Bantam Books, N.Y.
- systems thinking and theory as applied to human and natural systems
- Science, society and the rising culture, a reconciliation of science
and the human spirit.
Gould, Stephen Jay. 1985. The
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Flamingg's Smile. Reflections in
Natural_HistoryW.W. Norton, N.Y.
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Thoreau, H.D.
- arguably the major environmental classic of our
time,
which has
influenced and shaped much present day thought and theory.
Carson, Rachel. 1949.
The Silent_SpEing
another classic environmental/conservation landmark, landed as the
impetus for much of the environmental movement in North America.
Eiseley, Loren. 1978. T he
The Immense-Journey
New York, New York Times Books.
Kohl, Judith and Herbert. The View from the Oak 1977. Sierra
Club Books/Charles Scribners Sons, San Francisco, N.Y.
- explores the many different worlds of other creatures on the planet;
how they experience space, sense time, and communicate. - a
fascinating new perspective on the world, through the senses o4 other
animals.
