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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

SFU Environmental Education Website: http://www.educ.sfu.calee

David Zandvliet?

email: dbz@sfu.ca ?

David Brown?

email: dbrown@sfu.ca

Monday to Sunday, July 3-24, 2004

Penticton, BC (various locations)

PREREQUISITE

Educ

401/402

(or permission from the instructor)

<>COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will examine the educational problems entailed in developing human awareness and

understanding of the environment. The course will explore environmental issues through a

multidisciplinary approach and will relate historical and contemporary issues in human-environment

interactions to school curricula from the elementary to the secondary level.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

In this course students will

- develop appropriate models and methods for the learning and teaching of Environmental Education

(EE) in both formal and informal educational

settings.

- critically evaluate available Environmental Education (EE) instructional materials and resources from

a variety of sources including web, video

and print based materials.

- compare and contrast the Integreted Resource Packages (IRPs) and Resource guidelines published

by the Ministry of Education with other

published EE guidelines.

- consider a variety of perspectives in the interpretion of Environmental Education (EE) including

regulatory, socio-economic, legalistic, aesthetic

and scientific frameworks.

REQUIREMENTS

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Students will complete the following course assignments and will be graded on a Pass/Fail basis:

- Attend an information session prior to the course start date (ask an advisor for details)

- Develop and present lesson plans for the educational use of EE resources

- Prepare a written evaluation of an EE educational resource available in print or on the

WWW

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Develop a strategy for Environmental Education at the classroom, school or district level

- Participate in a volunteer experience project with a local or community-based group

- Prepare a portfoilio of their own design that may include aspects of all of the above plus

demonstrates a mastery of concepts and experiences component to the course

COURSE READINGS

Readings will be provided from a variety government, on-line sources and current education journals.

There will be no textbook, however there is an activity fee of 150 dollars to cover

Fieldtrip expenses. Students should also budget a small amount for copying.

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