TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's observations of place-based environmental education
T2 - Projects worlds apart highlight education for sustainability inherent in many programs
AU - Rafferty, John
AU - Laird, Shelby
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - This paper explores the observations and perceptions of school children as they engage with nature through place based environmental experiences. The paper reports on two projects, one based in the USA and the other in Australia, designed to promote understanding of sustainability through outdoor interventions. While the interventions share common educational goals the children came from very different places, on many levels. From New York City to regional Australia the children’s collective experiences highlight the capacity of outdoor-based interventions to promote understandings of nature. Originating and enacted in different hemispheres, both interventions demonstrate the value of passive outdoor education in developing eco-centric thinking and values.
AB - This paper explores the observations and perceptions of school children as they engage with nature through place based environmental experiences. The paper reports on two projects, one based in the USA and the other in Australia, designed to promote understanding of sustainability through outdoor interventions. While the interventions share common educational goals the children came from very different places, on many levels. From New York City to regional Australia the children’s collective experiences highlight the capacity of outdoor-based interventions to promote understandings of nature. Originating and enacted in different hemispheres, both interventions demonstrate the value of passive outdoor education in developing eco-centric thinking and values.
KW - Open access version available
KW - Education for sustainability
KW - Environmental education
KW - Experiential learning
KW - Place-based
M3 - Article
SN - 2151-7452
VL - 5
SP - 138
EP - 153
JO - Journal of Sustainability Education
JF - Journal of Sustainability Education
ER -