yoonjae jeon, environmental education
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Article Review Presentation (R2)
Yoonjae JeonNorthern Illinois University
Environmental Problems
Role, Goal, & Importance of Environmental Education
R2 Articles
1. Haugen, C. S. (2006). Environmental adult educator training: suggestions for effective practice. Convergence, XXXIX(4),
2. Clover, D. E. (2000). Educating for a change: reconceptualizing formal and/or nonformal environmental education. Comparative Education Review, 44(2),
Environmental Adult Education (EAE)
Environmental adult educator
training:
Suggestions for effective practice
Draws on multiple disciplines
Considers the contribution of all participants
Engages learners from all walks of life in a transformative process
Empowers participants to turn learning into action
Teaches learners to become activists and fight the root causes of environmental problems
Connects learners to natural world to fuel a desire in them to protect the earth
EAE?
Who,
When,
Where,
Why,
What, What for,
and How
EAE training design
Suggestions for trainers
What is the greenhouse effect?
Cause and effect?
What could be our local effect?
What could be the solution?
Based on your living experience, what could we do?
Greenhouse effect
Reviews of
1. Thompson, P. J. (1997). Environmental education for twenty-first century: International and interdisciplinary perspective. New York and Frankfurt: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.
2. Hutchinson, D. (1998). Growing up green: Education for ecological renewal. New York and London: Teachers College Press.
3. Smith, G. A., & Williams, D. R. (1999). Ecological education in action: On weaving education, culture, and the environment. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
1. Environmental education for twenty-first century: International and interdisciplinary perspective
1.Global Perspective
2.Ecopolitics and environmental ethics
3.Broad discussion on nature and culture in terms of gender
4.Strategies in environmental education
2. Growing up green: Education for ecological renewal. Decisions we make today will determine the
future viability of our species and the planet as a whole
Criticize technocratic, progressive, and holistic philosophies of education
Ecozonic path based on a new valuation in the well-being of the entire biotic community
3. Ecological education in action: On weaving education, culture, and the environment. To begin where people are at
Need for practical experiences
Preparing competent activists on behalf of policies supporting social justice and ecological sustainability
Critiquing basic cultural assumption
Thank you