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Direct linkDouglas David Karrow; Sharon Harvey – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
This paper aims to (re)consider environmental education (EE) through the lens of a mystery/knowledge continuum. It revisits the currents of EE identified by Lucie Sauvé and juxtaposes these with a typology of the senses of mystery. Philosophically and theoretically informed, the paper concludes that a "naturalist current" of EE optimally…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Knowledge Level, Philosophy, Religion
Estella Kuchta; Sean Blenkinsop – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
This exploratory paper intends to spark conversation and further investigation into the relational/ecological possibilities of English. English has ecological, colonial, and relational troubles baked into both its structure and usage--issues rarely addressed in environmental education. However, these problematics might be mitigated with playful…
Descriptors: English, Language Usage, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment)
Irida Tsevreni – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
This study emphasises the need to empower spirituality within the framework of environmental education, and demonstrate its value as a vital component in the human-nature relationship. This is proposed through utilizing the meaning, content and practice of mindfulness. The examination of mindfulness, as a pedagogical philosophy as well as…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Environmental Education, Natural Resources, Metacognition
Download full textJørgen Nerland; Helga Aadland – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
While outdoor education may traditionally be linked to such aspects as personal development and outdoor skills, environmental issues now prompt a consideration of how outdoor education can contribute to pro-environmental changes. In this article, we explore one pedagogical perspective on friluftsliv as an approach to wild pedagogies. Special…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Well Being
Paul Elliott; Hillary Inwood; Yovita Gwekwerere – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) has been a neglected area in teacher education despite the potential it offers for stimulating societal change via the school system. Our work in recent years to promote this aspect of teacher education in Canada led us to reflect on our experiences, the challenges we have faced, and the lessons…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Preservice Teacher Education
Sarah Urquhart – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
Ecologically, lichen plays a significant role in the formation of flourishing ecosystems by breaking apart rock formations using small fungal threads to form fertile soil which supports a growing complexity/diversity of life. This essay uses lichen as a metaphor to describe fossilized constructs (colonial epistemologies and ontologies,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Biodiversity
Nar Bdr Lama – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
Over the last few centuries, the purpose of knowledge and well-being has been confined to our perceived need for survival in a materialist society, dominated by the idea of economic growth. However, the social and environment impacts, and the heavy cost of this approach, have compelled us to ask questions such as: What is the purpose of knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Well Being
Kari Anne Jørgensen-Vittersø; Sean Blenkinsop; Marianne Presthus Heggen; Henrik Neegaard – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
This article seeks to put two pedagogical orientations, one influenced by "friluftsliv" and the other wild pedagogies, into dialogue. The theoretical section focuses on three key components: childhood, knowledge, and nature. Next, we frame "friluftsliv" and wild pedagogies and connect them to contemporary early childhood…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Early Childhood Education
Kgosietsile Velempini; Mphemelang Joseph Ketlhoilwe – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
Wild pedagogies is gaining resonance in outdoor education. This paper examines wild pedagogies from the worldview of its practitioners, by reflecting on their experiences, as well as from the encounters of student-teachers with nature, by drawing on their written testimonies. The paper is also influenced by the authors' experience of attending a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Education, Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries
David G. Hebert – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
This essay advances the argument that the fields of nature conservation and music sustainability are unified by shared concerns. Namely, commodification and "economic development engender approaches to the exploitation of culture that are often identical to the strategies for corporate profiteering of natural resources. Philosophical views of…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Music, Sustainability, Commercialization
Meghan B. Richey – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
The way we story our lives shapes the way we understand and experience the world. This paper draws on concepts from narrative therapy and examples of traditional wisdom to argue that an important step in recognizing our interdependence and co-extensive relationships with the more-than-human world is to introduce language that acknowledges…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Ecology, Language Usage
Catherine Hempsall – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
This paper uses six common aspects of utopias to evaluate the theory of Wild Pedagogies. Individuals--and especially writers--generate utopian ideas in times of upheaval and change. The climate crisis has created a need for exactly this kind of radical thinking. In an education system that is designed to uphold the neoliberal consensus, the…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Teaching Methods, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education
Lee Beavington; Chris Beeman; Sean Blenkinsop; Marianne Presthus Heggen; Erika Kazi – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
This paper, an experiment in human and more-than-human multi-vocality, derives from the contributing authors' experience of a Wild Pedagogies colloquium in Finse, Norway. Five creative responses to visiting the disappearing glacier, Midtdalsbreen, are offered. "Norway Grey" contrasts usual conceptions of drab grey with other colours that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Estella Carolye Kuchta – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
Uncertainty about the future is a defining feature of our times due to ongoing and global environmental emergencies. This reality prompts a re-evaluation of the traditional role, purpose, and ethics of post-secondary courses such as English literature. The present moment calls for pedagogical practices that support holistic learning, community…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Outdoor Education, Postsecondary Education
Ostertag, Julia; Ammendolia, Justine; Vance, Alexandra; McPherson, Kerri; Hamelin, Kayla M.; Cousineau, Maryse; Daoud, Dounia; Morissette, Lyne; Orren, Kimberly; Hill, Amy; VanderKloet, Evelien; Whoriskey, Fred; Iverson, Sara; Sutherland, Maggie; Denny, Shelley; Beland, Joseph; Syliboy, Alanna; Stokesbury, Michael J. W.; Porter, Darren – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
In this article, we consider the role of ocean literacy in coastal communities as an approach that fosters relevant, community-based learning. We also propose solutions to challenges facing human-ocean relationships by cultivating common understanding and collective action. We present four examples of community-based ocean literacy in…
Descriptors: Community Education, Oceanography, Foreign Countries, Social Action
