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Environmental Learning [electronic resource] : Insights from research into the student experience / by Mark Rickinson, Cecilia Lundholm, Nick Hopwood.

By: Rickinson, Mark [author.].
Contributor(s): Lundholm, Cecilia [author.] | Hopwood, Nick [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010Description: X, 147p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789048129560.Subject(s): Education | Curriculum planning | Environmental sciences | Sustainable development | Education | Education (general) | Learning & Instruction | Curriculum Studies | Teaching and Teacher Education | Environment, general | Sustainable DevelopmentDDC classification: 370 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
What Is Environmental Learning? -- Researching Environmental Learning -- Lenses for Understanding Environmental Learning -- Dealing with Emotions and Values -- Questioning Relevance -- Negotiating Viewpoints Among Students and Teachers -- Enhancing Environmental Learning -- Erratum.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Environmental education and education for sustainable development have become features of many countries’ formal education systems. To date, however, there have been few attempts to explore what such learning looks and feels like from the perspective of the learners. Based on in-depth empirical studies in school and university classrooms, this book presents rich insights into the complexities and dynamics of students’ environmental learning. The authors show how careful analysis of students’ environmental learning experiences can provide powerful pointers for future practice, policy and research. Environmental Learning will be a key resource for educators, teacher educators, decision-makers and researchers involved in education and sustainable development.
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What Is Environmental Learning? -- Researching Environmental Learning -- Lenses for Understanding Environmental Learning -- Dealing with Emotions and Values -- Questioning Relevance -- Negotiating Viewpoints Among Students and Teachers -- Enhancing Environmental Learning -- Erratum.

Environmental education and education for sustainable development have become features of many countries’ formal education systems. To date, however, there have been few attempts to explore what such learning looks and feels like from the perspective of the learners. Based on in-depth empirical studies in school and university classrooms, this book presents rich insights into the complexities and dynamics of students’ environmental learning. The authors show how careful analysis of students’ environmental learning experiences can provide powerful pointers for future practice, policy and research. Environmental Learning will be a key resource for educators, teacher educators, decision-makers and researchers involved in education and sustainable development.

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