ED 438 — Environmental Education Strategies
This non-licensure course is designed for individuals planning to teach environmental education in a variety of settings. Interdisciplinary issues explored include history and trends in environmental education; goals of environmental literacy, sustainability, advocacy, and education; and research-based best practices of environmental education. The course includes practicum and lab sessions implementing course understandings into experiential learning. This course is designed for individuals who are planning on teaching in the field of environmental education in formal classroom settings and interpretive settings, such as environmental learning centers. The course is informed by relevant philosophical, psychological, cultural, and political-economic frameworks, in addition to critical issues in public education policy and practice and will present academic language associated with environmental or outdoor education, historical antecedents, theories of learning, and benefits of environmental education. Some of the interdisciplinary issues and approaches that will be explored are the goals of environmental literacy and sustainability, the dichotomy of advocacy versus education, the connections between historical perspectives and current trends, and research-based best practices of environmental education. The relationship between the two types of environmental education settings will also be explored, including collaboration, and students will be designing, teaching, and implem