Environmental Literacy from A to Z for Students and Educators

Environmental Literacy from A to Z for Students and Educators
Author: H. Steve Dashefsky
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Environmental sciences
ISBN: 9781494967888

A quick reference guide for students who want to write original research papers, educators who want to develop cross-discipline lessons and lectures, and everyone else who want to keep informed about our environment.

Ecological Literacy

Ecological Literacy
Author: Michael K. Stone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Ecology
ISBN: 9781578051533

A network of educational reformers reports on projects that are equipping today's children with the tools of ecological consciousness and systems thinking that will help humankind live more sustainably on the Earth tomorrow.

Environmental Health Literacy

Environmental Health Literacy
Author: Symma Finn
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2018-09-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319941089

This book explores various and distinct aspects of environmental health literacy (EHL) from the perspective of investigators working in this emerging field and their community partners in research. Chapters aim to distinguish EHL from health literacy and environmental health education in order to classify it as a unique field with its own purposes and outcomes. Contributions in this book represent the key aspects of communication, dissemination and implementation, and social scientific research related to environmental health sciences and the range of expertise and interest in EHL. Readers will learn about the conceptual framework and underlying philosophical tenets of EHL, and its relation to health literacy and communications research. Special attention is given to topics like dissemination and implementation of culturally relevant environmental risk messaging, and promotion of EHL through visual technologies. Authoritative entries by experts also focus on important approaches to advancing EHL through community-engaged research and by engaging teachers and students at an early age through developing innovative STEM curriculum. The significance of theater is highlighted by describing the use of an interactive theater experience as an approach that enables community residents to express themselves in non-verbal ways.

Advancing education through environmental literacy

Advancing education through environmental literacy
Author: Michele L. Archie
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2003
Genre: Environmental education
ISBN:

The booklet and the CD-ROM are resources for educators. They are introduction to using the environment as a context for learning and to help the student to develop essential skills.

Literature and the Land

Literature and the Land
Author: Emma Wood Rous
Publisher: Boynton/Cook
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN:

With Literature and the Land, Rous not only inspires you the help students to become environmentally literate, she provides the tools you need to make it happen.

The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education

The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education
Author: Alec Bodzin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2010-08-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9048192226

In the coming decades, the general public will be required ever more often to understand complex environmental issues, evaluate proposed environmental plans, and understand how individual decisions affect the environment at local to global scales. Thus it is of fundamental importance to ensure that higher quality education about these ecological issues raises the environmental literacy of the general public. In order to achieve this, teachers need to be trained as well as classroom practice enhanced. This volume focuses on the integration of environmental education into science teacher education. The book begins by providing readers with foundational knowledge of environmental education as it applies to the discipline of science education. It relates the historical and philosophical underpinnings of EE, as well as current trends in the subject that relate to science teacher education. Later chapters examine the pedagogical practices of environmental education in the context of science teacher education. Case studies of environmental education teaching and learning strategies in science teacher education, and instructional practices in K-12 science classrooms, are included. This book shares knowledge and ideas about environmental education pedagogy and serves as a reliable guide for both science teacher educators and K-12 science educators who wish to insert environmental education into science teacher education. Coverage includes everything from the methods employed in summer camps to the use of podcasting as a pedagogical aid. Studies have shown that schools that do manage to incorporate EE into their teaching programs demonstrate significant growth in student achievement as well as improved student behavior. This text argues that the multidisciplinary nature of environmental education itself requires problem-solving, critical thinking and literacy skills that benefit students’ work right across the curriculum.

Ecoliterate

Ecoliterate
Author: Daniel Goleman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2012-07-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 111823720X

A new integration of Goleman's emotional, social, and ecological intelligence Hopeful, eloquent, and bold, Ecoliterate offers inspiring stories, practical guidance, and an exciting new model of education that builds - in vitally important ways - on the success of social and emotional learning by addressing today's most important ecological issues. This book shares stories of pioneering educators, students, and activists engaged in issues related to food, water, oil, and coal in communities from the mountains of Appalachia to a small village in the Arctic; the deserts of New Mexico to the coast of New Orleans; and the streets of Oakland, California to the hills of South Carolina. Ecoliterate marks a rich collaboration between Daniel Goleman and the Center for Ecoliteracy, an organization best known for its pioneering work with school gardens, school lunches, and integrating ecological principles and sustainability into school curricula. For nearly twenty years the Center has worked with schools and organizations in more than 400 communities across the United States and numerous other countries. Ecoliterate also presents five core practices of emotionally and socially engaged ecoliteracy and a professional development guide.