Environmental Education Methods: the Nature of Teaching and Learning

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Environmental Educators engage in the learning process across disciplines, with extremely varied learners, and in all sorts of environments. Considering the complex, emerging conditions, success is defined by both intentionality and improvisation. Throughout the year via experience, observations, narrative feedback, seminars, and guided conversations, we will explore the science and art of learning and teaching. While necessarily centered on the world of Residential Environmental Education, we will explore connections with traditional schooling, day-use programming, and informal zoo, nature center, aquarium, and park education. Ultimately we will explore and develop habits of practice and thought necessary for environmental educators in any place or time