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.
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Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Environmental education
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Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching
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Umwelterziehung
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Smith, Gregory A., 1948-
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Williams, Dilafruz R., 1949-
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ISBN |
0585067384 |
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9780585067384 |
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