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Direct linkAhmed, Manzoor – International Review of Education, 2010
The arguments in the article are based on the ongoing discourse in the academic community and among stakeholders, which has contributed to the articulation of the concepts and premises of sustainable development and the role of learning modalities, technologies and networks. The article draws on this discourse to explore the economic aspects of…
Descriptors: Poverty, Learning Modalities, Lifelong Learning, Sustainable Development
Auer, Matthew R. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2008
There is a strong emphasis on sensory perception and "hands-on" learning in the outdoor environmental education of children. In addition, normative concerns infuse children's environmental curricula, and in particular, the notion that environmental education is not a passive undertaking; when one appreciates the essential value of the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Learning Modalities, College Instruction, Learning Processes
Woyke, Priscilla – Young Children, 2004
Experiences with nature play a critical role in shaping lifelong attitudes, values, and patterns of behavior toward natural environments. The author explains a three-step program for an early childhood focus based on activity, wonder, and environmental education. She includes suggestions for activities possible at any preschool.
Descriptors: Young Children, Environmental Education, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedCannon, Roger K., Jr.; Padilla, Michael J. – Science and Children, 1982
"Whole body" denotes using the entire body to sense and experience a concept or idea. Typical whole body learning activities involve use of several senses: muscle sense, temperature, pain, pressure, and sense of equilibrium. Four whole body science activities are described, including identifying trees by touch. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Learning Activities
Barndt, Deborah; MacEachren, Zabe; Rigby, Heather – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1999
The mind/body split internalized in Western culture does not acknowledge the body's role in learning. Three environmental education teachers' techniques for engaging all the senses to enhance other ways of knowing include: a comfortable classroom environment, experiencing the natural environment, playfulness, imagination, storytelling, crafting…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Cultural Influences
