SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Summer

Tuesday,

(June 30

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Wednesday,

July

1992

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Thursday

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Instructors: Drando

Harold

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Krlsthe?

Location: Brookswood

20902

37A

Secondary

Avenue

School

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Lenley, B.C. V3A N2

June 3, 1992

Dear Environmental Education Student:

We would like to provide you with some final pieces of Information

about the Summer institute in Environmental Education for July 1992.

Most of our plans

for a variety of

guest speakers and field activities

have been finalized, Our first field excursion will be on the afternoon or

Tuesday, June 30 (the f1st day of the course)

50 come prepared

with a bag

lunch to be carried with you.

Please remember to complete and return your Personal Data

Ouestlonnaire If you haven't already done so. The Information about your

Interests and skills Is Important to our final planning.

The map included with our first Informational letter was not

complete so please refer Instead to the enclosed directions to brookswood

Secondary School,

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Yours very truly,

Brenda Krause

Harold Krlsche

Nina Munteanu

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Summer Session 1992

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Instructors: Brenda Krause

(June 30 - July 23)

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Harold Krlsche

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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Location: Brookswood Secondary School

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TA; Nina Munteanu

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20902 37A Avenue

Langley, B.C. V3A 5N2

June 3, 1992

Deer Environmental Education Student:

Heflol This latter Is to provide you with some updated information about the Summer

Institute in Environmental Education for July 1992.

We

have concluded negotiations with the Langley School District to base the Summer

Inctituto out of Brookswood Secondary School. This location affords access to a diverse range of

environments. We will have use of several classrooms, the library, a resource-reading room

and a computer lab consisting of twenty-five Ilec Plus computers. The school has tennis courts

on its grounds and Is within walking distance of most other urban amenities. We do ask that you

bring your own mug arid endeavour to obtain a hard-cover field book. or Journal with plain

paper

Inside.

Planned field excursions will take us to a variety of locations and current plans Include

at least ori

prniifiIxF%iori

scheduled for July 9 and 10 Your field activity

lee

helps to

defray soma of the &'ded costs entailed In offering a course such as this with a field travel

component. It will not, however, cover all field travel and course participants may be required

to pay for some transport costs including ferry travel. bay to day excursions in the local area

will involve some use of your own transportation. Car pooling arrangements should enable us to

reduce some of the associated costs and pollutentsi

The Institute will be very Intensive and pak a great deal of experience into a short time

period. Formal sessions will generally run from 8:30 a.m. to :30 p.m. Tuesday through

Thursday. Several activities, one of which is the overnight fleldtrip, may require some

extended days and/or use of an additional weekday. A full schedule of activities will be provided

at our first meeting:

Tuesday. June 30 at 8:30 a.m. in the Brookswood staifroom.

The course will take a broadly interdisciplinary perspective, and will attempt to relate

to teaching from K to Adult levels, in both school and non-school settings. We will try to focus

on local natural and human-made environments as vehicles for enhancing the curriculum

and

student thinking. Our goal will be to gi

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ts you the opportunity to extend your horizons, to build

on existing skills, to share your experiences arid your expertise, and to gain new skills.

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While course projects, assignments

and

evaluation will be discussed In detail on opening

day, we 6ro ftking you to complete a task prior to Oune 30. You are asked to bring and

about

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In previous years we have ecknd participants In the Institute to complete personal data

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questionnaires,

personal

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resources.

as instructors

and this year

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take an

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inventory

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pr&tise.

your expectations,

Tt,a questionnaire

needs,

form

and

The beauty of a toll Immersion field course

such

as the SIEE Is Its flexibility and

adaptability, The SIEE Is essentially your course, and you as participants sou1d have a say in

whloh topics, themes, end areas you would like to see exarnIe. We would like ome feedback

from you as to what you would like the SIEE Eu look like, In terms of your

own

specific needs for

environmental education. We would also like to incorporate your own special skills and

reaouroes into the course design itself.

To close, We think we have an interesting and enjoyable Institute planned! If you have

8ny concerns or questions. please contact Harold

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53O-530, or Brenoa at 90-0 163.

We look forward to meeting you soon arid to working with you during an exciting month,

Yours very truly,

Brenda Krause

Harold Krlsche

Nina Munteanu

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Persona) Data Questlonna)re

1 .Name..

2Profession: Biologist, Teacher (Elementary, Secondary, Post -

Secondary, POP Student), etc

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Education;

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Outdoor/Env1ronmental/Educatona Experiences: (a brief summary

Is fine - attended any other environmental and/or outdoor courses?)

5.

Health problems, and physical disabilities, allergies, medication,

—etc.

6.

—Any

special skills, interests, hobbies:

7.

Ectations of the SIEE: - What do you hope to get out of this

course? Where and how do you see yourself Incorporating

environmental education into your profession/lifestyle?

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8.

Specific Areas of Interest:

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From the following list of topics, please rank/order the ones you are

most interested in (from 1

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9). This will

serve to give us an Idea

of

what you would like to see

happen during the

Institute. We will

ob11qeto the best of our abilitiesi The course content will be

established with respect to the

course thrne,

the broad

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reas of

discussion mentioned In the

course

outline, and your input, both

through this form and as the course

progresses.

A.

Ecology, environmental principles, environmental ocnservotion

B.

Marine Ecosystems - marine environments, plants, ancs animals

C.

Environmental thought, ethics, philosophy, ways of thinking, phenomenology

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D.

Urban Environments

Environmental curriculum development, implomanthtion, oritique/evoluotlon

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Alternative teaching methods, popular education, action lern1ng

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Science and technology; its role In western culture

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Children's environmental literature

Environmental Issues, local end global, role of education

-. Other areas you would like to see included:

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Comments, Suggestions:

Plea ' s

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rotirn this form as soon as possible to; Rachel ioly, Faculty of Education, -- -

Simon rroer