"Lookout" for Learning: Exploring the Links between Drama and Environmental Education Pedagogies

Autor/inn/en	Wake, Susan J.; Birdsall, Sally
Titel	"Lookout" for Learning: Exploring the Links between Drama and Environmental Education Pedagogies
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 36 (2020) 3, S.234-245 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
DOI	10.1017/aee.2020.22
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Teaching Methods; Ecology; Elementary School Students; Elementary Education; Drama; Individual Characteristics; Citizenship Education; Student Empowerment; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ökologie; Elementarunterricht; Schauspiel; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Studienberechtigung; Schülerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Ausland; Neuseeland
Abstract	Environmental educators remain challenged by how to encourage people to make connections between environmental quality and human development in a way that is socially just and equitable for all living things. This article explores links between performance-based learning and environmental education pedagogy as one way to address this challenge. Sixteen children (8-10 years) from an Auckland primary school worked with a performance artist to present "Lookout," an intimate performance by a child for an adult. Its intent was to juxtapose people's different backgrounds, experiences and ages in a two-way communication of their view of Auckland City through an environmental lens encompassing past, present and future, while surveying the city from a vantage point. Analysis of data from focus groups with the children and interviews with their parents (also participants) showed that the "Lookout" process led to children developing a deeper understanding of Auckland City's issues, a stronger sense of connection to their city, an understanding of the future, and feelings of empowerment. However, their parents' learning was more tenuous. Three key elements to the success of "Lookout" for learning are identified, and it is proposed that these could be used when developing performance-based environmental education programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01