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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

June 5, 1992

Dear Summer Institute Participant.

DURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA VISA 1S6

'Iètephone: (604) 291-3395

Welcome to the 1992 Summer Institute in Environmental EdUcation. As a

student In the section of Education 452-8, being offered at our Kelowna

Tele-Learning Centre, you may wish to have some Information about the for-

mat of the course. This letter should provide some basic information. If you

wish additional assistance, please call the Tele-Learning Centre in Kelowna

at 762 7600. Our secretary Is in the office In the mornings, so that is the

best time to call to be sure of getting an answer.

The Summer Institute In Environmental Education is offered as a total im-

mersion course. If you are taking the program for credit you should be regis-

tered in Education 452-8. (Note that In previous summers we used two 4

semester hour courses, Education 452 and 462 for this program. This summer

we are using only Education 452, but the value of the course has been raised

to 8 semester hours.). There are two sections of the course, one on the lower

mainland, offered

Brenda

Krause and Harold Krische, and the one In

Kelowna, offered by myself and a number of resource people. Please make

certain that you are registered for the coi-rect section. Both sections are

fully enrolled, with the limit being set art 50 students. There are people

waiting to get in If spaces appear, so, if for some reason your plans Change,

lease call the people at Undergraduate Programs at SFU (291 3614) and let

them know you are not going to attend, It will also be helpful if you call my

office at the TLC as well.

The SIEE is an Intensive, total immersion program. The advantage this offers

Is the chance to work hard in a shorter time period than the regular Summer

Session. The disadvantage is that the program is Intensive and moves along

very quickly. Our format Is to operate Monday-Friday, from approximately

0900-1530 or 1600 each day. Typically we use Tueday-Thursday f or formally

scheduled course events and classes, and leave some Mondays and Fridays

open for field work, group meetings, and special events. We do try to leave

the Centre open as much as possible on the weekends as well. The TLC has a

fully equipped computer lab and this is available for your use. In the normal

course of events we do not schedule class meetings or sessions on the week

ends. As you are probably aware, the July 1 Canada Day holiday falls on

Wednesday this year. This is an official university holiday so classes are

cancelled. it seemed odd tome to have the SIEE begin on Monday or Tuesday,

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stop for one day on Wednesday, and then recommence on Thursday. Moroever,

I know that many school districts are stopping classes late in June and that

a lot of other businesses and professions are using Monday, June 29 as a

holiday In order to give their staff a holiday weekend. Hence, I have decided

to modify the first week of the Institute as follows: the first day of classes

In the Summer Institute in Kelowna will be Thursday, July 2. We will

meet at the Kelowna Tele-Learning Centre (see attached map) at 0900. We

will hold classes on July 2, July 3, and Saturday July 4 We will then begin

again on Tuesday July 7, and will keep to our normal pattern thereafter. The

last day of classes will be Thursday, July 23.

Last year's students spent one day at the McQueen Lake Environmental Study

Centre In Kamloops. As a result of feedback from the students we have de-

cided to spend a longer time period there this summer. So, we have arranged

to stay at McQueen Lake In the second week of the course from Tuesday

morning, July 7 until Thursday afternoon, July 9. This trip gives us a chance

to study natural systems on a more sustained basis. McQueen Is an ideal spot

for forest and pond studies. The Environmental Study Centre is operated by

the Kamloops School District. It provides cabin style sleeping accommoda-

tion and cooking facilities on gas ranges. However, you will need to plan to

bring along a sleeping bag, some sort of air mattress or foam pad, personal

clothing and eating gear, and notebooks, binoculars, etc. We will take some

time during the first days of the course to allow you to plan food with other

members of the group so that you can pool resources with other students for

cooking. We will also give you further details about equipment at that time,

Please note: we will meet at the base of the Lac du Bois Road, in North

Kamloops, at 1000 on July 2. Students who live in Kamloops can go directly

to the meeting point. Students who live in other spots or who are living in

residence In Kelowna may wish to car pool with other people for the trip to

Kamloops. We will be wrapping up in Kamloops in the early afternoon on July

9. I am planning to avoid a formally scheduled whole class event in Kelowna

on Friday July 10, but there may be an optional activity on that day.

Other than the McQueen Lake trip we will be working on a day triA basis for

the rest of our time. We do a lot of fieldwork In the course so you will be

out and about in the Kelowna region for at least a portion of most days, Be-

cause we do spend a lot of time in the field you are advised to have comfort-

able walking shoes, a good sun hat, sun glasses, and comfortable outdoor

clothing. We do some work In the woods and fields and some in downtown

urban settings, so plan your clothing with this In mind. A clip board and day

pack are also very useful In this course, It Is hot and dry In the summers In

the Okanagan

o a thermos or water bottle can also be helpful. Most morn-

ings we do meet at the Tele-Learning Centre before going Into the field. This

gives us a chance to arrange to pool transportation and thereby cut down on

the use of cars.

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Last summer a number of students lived in residence at Okanagan College.

The college built new residences In 1990 so we have been taking advantage

of them for this program. However, we do not operate these residences.

Residence costs and details should be arranged through Okanagan College..

The person to contact, If you haven't already, is Ms. Dana Webster, at 862

5480 or through the main switchboard at 762 5445. These residences are

apartment style

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students sharing common kitchen facilities. They

aren't fancy, but they are adequate and fairly new. They are a short walk

from our site on the college campus on KLO Road in Kelowna.

We intend to Introduce you to the field of Environmental Education by looking

a Wide range of issues and settings. We gear this course to all disciplines,

including sciences, Language Arts, Social Studies, and the Fine Arts. It Is our

Intention to make the course useful to teachers from K- i 2 and to model

Ideas about curriculum integration and performance-based assessment. We

also hope to contribute to your own professional development as teachers by

providing you with the opportunity to Improve and develop your own knowl-

edge of human-environment interactions. This Is the 21st summer of these

Institutes, I am looking forward to this summer and I hope that the program

will be personally and professionally rewarding for you.

See you In Kelowna on July 2,

Sincerely,

Milton McClaren, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor.

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