Engaging environmental education : : learning, culture and agency / / edited by Robert B. Stevenson, Justin Dillon.

As more attention is devoted to the increasing and complex socio-ecological issues facing the planet, new insights and new ways of thinking are being sought about the learning and agency of children and adults in relation to these environmental concerns. The contributors to this book address the cri...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Sense,, [2010]
2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Robert B. Stevenson and Justin Dillon
  • Introduction to Issues in Learning, Culture and Agency in Environmental Education / Robert Stevenson and Justin Dillon
  • Exploring Student Learning and Challenges in Formal Environmental Education / Mark Rickinson and Cecilia Lundholm
  • Rainbow Warriors: The Unfolding of Agency in Early Adolescents’ Environmental Involvement / Natasha Blanchet-Cohen
  • Social Learning in Action: A Reconstruction of an Urban Community Moving Towards Sustainability / Arjen E. J. Wals and Leonore Noorduyn
  • Synergy of the Commons: Co-Facilitated Learning and Collective Action / Charlotte Clark
  • ‘If the Public Knew Better, they Would Act Better’: The Pervasive Power of the Myth of the Ignorant Public / Elin Kelsey and Justin Dillon
  • Learning and Participation in Developmental Projects Directed Towards Sustainable Development in Conference Centres / Jeppe Læssøe and Monica Carlsson
  • The Role and Influence of News Media on Public Understanding of Environmental Issues / Martin Storksdieck and Cathlyn Stylinski
  • Popular Media, Intersubjective Learning and Cultural Production / Marcia Mckenzie , Constance Russell , Leesa Fawcett and Nora Timmerman
  • Understanding Others, Understanding Ourselves: Engaging in Constructive Dialogue About Process in Doctoral Study in (Environmental) Education / Jutta Nikel , Kelly Teamey , Se-Young Hwang , Benjamin Alberto Pozos-Hernandez , Alan Reid and Paul Hart
  • New Possibilities for Mediation in Society: How is Environmental Education Research Responding? / Rob O’Donoghue and Heila Lotz-Sisitka
  • Environmental Learning and Agency in Diverse Educational and Cultural Contexts / Robert B. Stevenson and Carolyn Stirling
  • Biographies / Robert B. Stevenson and Justin Dillon
  • Index / Robert B. Stevenson and Justin Dillon.