Environmental Education
Credits: 3Course Type: Social/Cultural
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Description
Environment and education are both major issues in the 21st century. This course will initially provide an historical overview of the main themes, concepts and approaches to environmental education. The course will then examine various methods of learning and teaching about the environment, and the connections between the environment, education and the community. This course will include activities in class, personal projects and computerized activities. There will be two daylong, local field trips. Each student will prepare a personal project that will include developing and running (optional) an environmental program for school aged children.Required Reading: Provided during the course
