Env Ed Methods: Nature Teaching Continua

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This course a continuation of ESE-5470. There’s a saying If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. (Lewis Carroll). Where should Antioch’s Environmental Education (EE) Program go next? This course is a combination of independent study and research seminar. We will explore trends in EE to inform your practice and influence the future direction of the EE Program in support of a just, sustainable future. What trends should this field be paying attention to? How do media, technology, environmental communication and social marketing impact EE? How do we ensure EE is inclusive of difference and a lifelong endeavor? We will explore these and other relevant questions through a diversity of means, such as readings, interviews, individual research, and focus groups, among others. While exploring cutting-edge EE trends, you will gain action research and program evaluation skills, facilitate class discussions, and hone your group process skills, which can be applied in any community or professional setting. The Special Topics courses change from term to term according to student and program interests.