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Title Ecological education in action : on weaving education, culture, and the environment / edited by Gregory A. Smith and Dilafruz R. Williams
Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 244 pages) : illustrations
Contents Stories from our common roots : strategies for building an ecologically sustainable way of learning / Joseph Kiefer and Martin Kemple -- Deepening children's participation through local ecological investigations / Paul Krapfel -- From human waste to the gift of soil / Madhu Suri Prakash and Hedy Richardson -- From margin to center : initiation and development of an environmental school from the ground up / Dilafruz R. Williams and Sarah Taylor -- Exploring children's picture books through ecofeminist literacy / Elaine G. Schwartz -- Education indigenous to place : Western science meets native reality / Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley and Ray Barnhardt -- Liberation and compassion in environmental studies / Stephanie Kaza -- Changing the dominant culture perspective in education / C.A. Bowers -- Environmental autobiography in undergraduate educational studies / Peter Blaze Corcoran -- Reclaiming biophilia : lessons from indigenous peoples / Gregory Cajete -- Creating a public of environmentalists : the role of nonformal education / Gregory A. Smith -- Reassembling the pieces : ecological design and the liberal arts / David W. Orr
Summary Ecological Education in Action celebrates the work of innovative educators in North America who explore ecological issues in school and non-school settings. These educators demonstrate how to reshape the thinking of children and adults to affirm the value of sufficiency, mutual support, and community
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Environmental education.
Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
Environmental education
Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching
Umwelterziehung
Form Electronic book
Author Smith, Gregory A., 1948-
Williams, Dilafruz R., 1949-
ISBN 0585067384
9780585067384