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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION 452-8
SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
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(Cat.
#83526)
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Summer Session, 1993 ?
Instructor: William Hammond
(July 5 - July 30)
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:20 p.m.
Location: Kamloops (tentative)
PREREQUISITES: EDUC 4011402
Education 452-8:
Environmental Education
This course will examine the educational problems and effective
instructional strategies entailed in developing human awareness and
understanding of the environment and development of learner's skills in
acting responsibly to sustain the environment. The course will explore
environmental issues through a multi-disciplinary approach and will
relate historical and contemporary problems by providing students with
operational experiences under field study conditions, in relating human-
environment interactions to school curricula from the elementary to the
secondary level.
This Summer Institute in Environmental Education is organized as an
intensive summer program with full day sessions conducted Tuesdays
through Thursdays and optional day and overnight trips and special focus
work sessions scheduled on Mondays and Fridays. At least one week will
be conducted in residence at the Outdoor Centre in Kamloops. It is
therefore expected that students enrolling in EDUC 452 will not take other
courses concurrently during summer session.
COURSE DESCRWflON:
The Summer Institute in Environmental Education is an interdisciplinary
program that addresses the educational implications of human-
environments interactions. It is appropriate for teachers, recreation
workers, naturalists and park workers with a background in a wide range
of subject fields and with teaching levels from kindergarten to adult. The
program will examine environmental themes from the perspective of
their potential to develop awareness, understanding, research and
problem solving skills. Topics covered will include environmental
awareness and action strategies, environmental curriculum development,
critiques, human-environment relationships, environmental ethics,
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marine and aquatic studies, neighborhood and community studies,
environmental planning and resource management, outdoor education
and the use of a wide spectrum
of resources.
COURSE ASSIGNMENTS:
Student assignments will include curriculum and program planning and
development activities, as well as specific in-course tasks addressing
various course contexts.
FIELD ACTIVITY FEE.
$35.00 (To partially cover additional field expenses. These fees will be paid
as part of the regular
fees.)
CREDIT VALUE:
This is an 8 semester hour program. Students may apply to audit the
course but auditors will be enrolled subject to space available for credit
students.
ACCOMODATION:
Students from outside the Kamloops area may wish to arrange to live in
the McGill Road Housing Residence of Cariboo University College, in
Kamloops. Students should contact Ms. Sylvia Vander Woning at 604-
372-7778 for further information. Housing is in apartment style units and
kitchen facilities are available.
COMPUTERS:
Kamloops School District will make a Macintosh computer lab available to
Institute students. Students using other systems may want to bring their
computers to the course if they are living away from home. Computer
facilities are NOT a course requirement
however.
OTHER EQUIPMENT:
The Summer institute entails extensive field work. Good walking shoes
are important. A day pack, clipboard, camera, and binoculars are useful.
The course will spend 3 days at the McQueen Lake Environmental Study
Centre. A sleeping bag and air mattress will be needed at that time. Casual
outdoor clothing and light rain gear are important.
