SIGN FRASER UNIVERSITY

Intersession 2003 ?

EDUC 452 - 8

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&

Dr.

David

David

Brown

Zandvliet

Environmental Education

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Office: EDB 8501

Phone: 291-5680

Mondays & Fridays 8:30-16:20 ?

D01.00 ?

Email: dbz@sfu.ca

(plus various locations) ?

dbrown@sfu.ca

PREREQUISITE:

Educ 401/402 (or permission from the instructor)

DESCRIPTION

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 Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs) and Resource guidelines published by the

Ministry of Education with other published EE guidelines.

- consider a variety of perspectives in the interpretation of Environmental Education (EE) including regulatory,

socio-economic, legalistic, aesthetic and scientific frameworks.

KQUIREMENTS

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

- 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 W\VW

- 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 portfolio 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, though students should budget a small amount for copying.