Article Review Presentation (R2)

Yoonjae JeonNorthern Illinois University

Environmental Problems

Role, Goal, & Importance of Environmental Education

R2 Articles

1. Haugen, C. S. (2006). Environmental adult educator training: suggestions for effective practice. Convergence, XXXIX(4),

2. Clover, D. E. (2000). Educating for a change: reconceptualizing formal and/or nonformal environmental education. Comparative Education Review, 44(2),

Environmental Adult Education (EAE)

Environmental adult educator

training:

Suggestions for effective practice

Draws on multiple disciplines

Considers the contribution of all participants

Engages learners from all walks of life in a transformative process

Empowers participants to turn learning into action

Teaches learners to become activists and fight the root causes of environmental problems

Connects learners to natural world to fuel a desire in them to protect the earth

EAE?

Who,

When,

Where,

Why,

What, What for,

and How

EAE training design

Suggestions for trainers

What is the greenhouse effect?

Cause and effect?

What could be our local effect?

What could be the solution?

Based on your living experience, what could we do?

Greenhouse effect

Reviews of

1. Thompson, P. J. (1997). Environmental education for twenty-first century: International and interdisciplinary perspective. New York and Frankfurt: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.

2. Hutchinson, D. (1998). Growing up green: Education for ecological renewal. New York and London: Teachers College Press.

3. Smith, G. A., & Williams, D. R. (1999). Ecological education in action: On weaving education, culture, and the environment. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

1. Environmental education for twenty-first century: International and interdisciplinary perspective

1.Global Perspective

2.Ecopolitics and environmental ethics

3.Broad discussion on nature and culture in terms of gender

4.Strategies in environmental education

2. Growing up green: Education for ecological renewal. Decisions we make today will determine the

future viability of our species and the planet as a whole

Criticize technocratic, progressive, and holistic philosophies of education

Ecozonic path based on a new valuation in the well-being of the entire biotic community

3. Ecological education in action: On weaving education, culture, and the environment. To begin where people are at

Need for practical experiences

Preparing competent activists on behalf of policies supporting social justice and ecological sustainability

Critiquing basic cultural assumption

Thank you