Environmental Learning Insights from research into the student exper
Environmental education and education for sustainable development have become features of many countries’ formal education systems. To date, however, there have been few attempts to explore what such learning looks and feels like from the perspective of t
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Mark Rickinson • Cecilia Lundholm Nick Hopwood
Environmental Learning Insights from research into the student experience
Mark Rickinson Cecilia Lundholm Educational Research Consultant Research Fellow Visiting Research Fellow Department of Education and Stockholm Oxford University and Policy Resilience Centre Studies Institute Stockholm University The Innovation Centre, Howbery Park SE-106 91 Stockholm Wallingford, OX10 8BA, UK Sweden [email protected] [email protected]
Nick Hopwood Research and Evaluation Officer Centre for Excellence in Preparing for Academic Practice Oxford Learning Institute Littlegate House 16/17 St Ebbe’s Street Oxford, OX1 1PT, UK [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-2955-3 e-ISBN 978-90-481-2956-0 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2956-0 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927908 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
This book is dedicated to Graham Corney (1943–2008).
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Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................................
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Education and the Environment.......................................................................... The Role of Learning.......................................................................................... The Student Experience...................................................................................... The Evidence Underpinning This Book............................................................. Structure of the Book..........................................................................................
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What Is Environmental Learning?.................................................................. 11 Defining Environmental Learning...................................................................... Our Framework................................................................................................... Who Is Learning............................................................................................. Where They Are Learning.............................................................................. What They Are Learning................................................................................ How They Are Learning................................................................................. Why They Are Learning................................................................................. Summary .........................................
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