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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUC 452-8

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

David Brown?

Marcia McKenzie

Monday to Friday, July 4-27, 2004

Haida Gwaii', Queen Charlotte Islands

PREREQUISITE

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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. As this course is being

offered in a residential format (GM Dawson School) in Massett BC, students will also be expected to

live in Massett for the duration of the course and a variety of day trips and extended field experiences

are planned. As this is a local offering of the course it will focus on issues of particular relevance to the

development and sustainability of Coastal and Northern communities.

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 curriculum and resource guidelines published by the Yukon Dept of

Education and BC 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

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 WWW

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

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

- Participate fully in the planning and implementation of an extended outdoor experience

- Prepare a portfoilio of their own design that may include aspects of all of the above and in addition,

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.

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