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Implementing Ecopedagogy as an Experiential Approach to Decolonizing Science Education
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Zocher, Joella L.; Hougham, R. Justin – Journal of Experiential Education, 2020
Background: The field of environmental education (EE) aims to produce an environmentally literate citizenry that is not only aware of environmental problems but is motivated to work toward their solution. However, much of the U.S. EE curricular focus has been on understanding the biophysical environment with rural populations, with little…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Action Research, Multicultural Education
Technology-Enriched STEM Investigations of Place: Using Technology to Extend the Senses and Build Connections to and between Places in Science Education
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Hougham, R. Justin; Eitel, Karla C. Bradley; Miller, Brant G. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2015
In this article we explore how reconceptualizing the role of technology in place-based education (PBE) enhances place responsive pedagogies through technology. Combining the strengths of adventure learning (AL) and PBE, Adventure Learning @ (AL@) advances both place responsive education and online learning in science education. This is needed, as…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Place Based Education, Technology Uses in Education, Science Education
Mitigation and Adaptation: Critical Perspectives toward Digital Technologies in Place-Conscious Environmental Education
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Greenwood, David A.; Hougham, R. Justin – Policy Futures in Education, 2015
This paper explores the tension for educators between the proliferation of mobile, digital technologies, and the widely held belief that environmental learning is best nurtured through place-based approaches that emphasize direct experience. We begin by offering a general critique of technology in culture and education, emphasizing what is at…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Place Based Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
The Practical Enactment of Adventure Learning: Where Will You AL@?
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Miller, Brant G.; Hougham, R. Justin; Eitel, Karla Bradley – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
The Adventure Learning (AL) approach to designing and implementing learning experiences has great potential for practitioners. This manuscript delineates the practical enactment of AL to support the K-12 community, teacher educators, and residential environmental science program providers in the conceptualization and delivery of their own AL…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Place Based Education, Instructional Design