Environmental Education: The Need, the Challenges, and What We've Learned

Autor/inn/en	Bacon, Jamie P.; Ziepniewski, Cathy
Titel	Environmental Education: The Need, the Challenges, and What We've Learned
Quelle	In: Voices in Education, 3 (2017), S.16-23 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2059-0695
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Experiential Learning; Foreign Countries; Consciousness Raising; Summer Programs; Camps; Ecology; Field Trips; Conservation (Environment); Adult Education; Program Effectiveness; Natural Resources; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Preschool Children; Community Programs; Bermuda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Bewusstseinsbildung; Sommerkurs; Ökologie; Exkursion; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Sekundarschüler; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	Bermuda's fragile environment is under threat. Rising sea levels due to global warming, ocean acidification, invasive lionfish, plastic debris and locally generated water pollution are just a few of the issues that should concern all of Bermuda's residents. Now, more than ever, "environmental education" should be a critical part of every child's education. Adults also need to be made aware of these issues and appropriate courses of action. In response to this need, the "Bermuda Zoological Society" (BZS) has developed several programmes utilising experiential education and designed to increase environmental awareness and appreciation. Each of our week-long summer Aqua Camps for preschool to senior-one aged "children" addresses different natural history themes. Our "Kids on the Reef" programme provides middle-school students with a life-changing, two-day reef ecology, snorkeling and free-diving experience. Our "Schools Programme" free classes and field trips dovetail with the Cambridge Curriculum and teach the material using engaging, hands-on activities. And our Bermuda Natural History Course provides adults with stimulating lectures and field trips given by the island's experts. Through these efforts our hope is to inspire appreciation and stewardship of Bermuda's fragile environment. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Bermuda College. 21 Stonington Avenue, Paget, Bermuda PG04. Tel: 441-236-9000; Fax: 441-239-4035; e-mail: bcjournal@college.bm; Web site: https://www.college.bm/index.php/about/bc-journal-voices-in-education
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01