EDUCATION 452-8 (131.00)

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

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(Cat. #24157)

Summer Session, 1994 ?

Instructors: ?

Milt McClaren

(July 4-29) ?

291-4151

MTWRF, 8:30-16:20

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Bill Hammond

Location: Kelowna

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 401/402

1994 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

In the summer of 1994, Simon Fraser University will offer its Summer

Institute in Environmental Education at its Kelowna Regional Centre.

The Institute, now in its 23rd year of offering, is intended to provide

teachers and other educators with an opportunity to consider the

educational opportunities and implications of human-environment

interactions.

The Institute is interdisciplinary in nature and will consider the

environment through the perspectives of the Natural and Social Sciences,

Humanities, Economics, and the Arts. The Institute will also address

educational programming from K-Adult levels.

In 1994, the Institute will be offered by an Interdisciplinary Team which

will be coordinated by:

Milton McClaren, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director, Field Relations and Teacher Continuing

Education, Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education. Dr. McClaren

has extensive experience with all aspects of Environmental Education and

has been a member of the Steering Committee of Project WILD (US), of

the Man and the Biosphere Programme Committee of UNESCO Canada,

and is currently a member of the Education Advisory Committee of the

Aspen Global Change Institute. In 1993, he was the recipient of the

Minister's Environment Award in B.C.

Bill Hammond, M.Sc.

President, Natural Context, Fort Myers, Florida. Bill Hammond is an

internationally known environmental educator, a former member of the

steering committees of Project WILD and Project Learning Tree (US), a

current member of the South Florida Water Commission, and a recipient

of the Conservation Teacher of the Year Award from the National

Wildlife Federation of the U.S.

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In the summer of 1994, the theme of the Institute will be: ?

TO APPLY AND REGISTER:

The summer Institute in Environmental Education is a credit programme

of the Faculty of Education at S.F.U. Students taking the Institute enroll

for Education 452-8, and will receive 8 semester hours of credit on

successful completion. Regular course tuition fees apply, and there is an

additional field activity fee of $35.00. Students should apply to register as

soon as possible, because enrollment will be limited. Students who do not

live in the South Okanagan Region can arrange to live in residence at

Berger Hall on the KLO Road Campus of Okanagan University College.

Berger Hall is within walking distance of the SFU Regional Center which

is also located on the KLO Road Campus. Room rates vary depending on

the type of accommodation chosen and range from $298.00/month to

$398.00/month. Further information can be obtained from Pauline, at

(604)491-0612.

The Institute is offered as an Intensive Summer programme. It will

commence on July 4, 1994, and the first day of classes will be Tuesday July 5

and the last day will be Thursday, July 28. The class may spend three days

in residence at the field at the McQueen Lake Environmental Study Centre

(near Kamloops) during Week Two of the course. Students enrolled in

the Institute will have full use of the Macintosh Computer Lab at the

Kelowna Centre during the Institute.

Students interested in this programme may contact Debbie Grey at 762-

7600, Shirley Heap at 291-3614 or the Field Relations and Teacher In-

Service Education office at 291-3808.