Environmental Education Mind Map

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Inquiry

An effective community of learners

Problem based learning

Learning process skills and content

Questions important to the students lead the learning

Changes to role of teacher to coach/facilitator/co-learner

Character Development

Sharing Responsibility for Learning with Students

Self-aware of emotions and habits of mind

Group knowledge building

Experience deep democracy

Students as 'citizen learners'

Differentiated learning/program choice

Open-ended, rich learning tasks

Respectful listening

Systems Thinking

Real-World Connections

Case studies

Students communicating with an audience beyond of the classroom

Community school partnerships

Hands-on experience

Sources of information (texts, surveys, measurements, monitoring, online sources, interviews)

Citizenship

Integrated Learning

An inter-connected worldview

Seeing the complexity of issues

Using appropriate expectations from all subjects

A focus on big ideas

Differentiation

A theme approach

A literature approach

Student-led inquiry

Project-based learning

Learning Locally

Teacher field-based pedagogical skills

Nature's annual cycle of events

Learning outside of the classroom

Regional settings and wilderness settings

Nearby built and natural areas

Schoolyards and neighbourhoods

Transformative Learning

Creativity

Critical Thinking

Acting on Learning

Influencing government

Cultural exploration and expression

Student empowerment in school functioning (waste reduction, energy conservation, naturalized landscaping, food sourcing)

Schools 'walk the talk'

Engaging in the action process and reflecting on the results of actions

Studying the actions of others

Authentic improvement of the community (social, environmental, economic)

Student Engagement

Sustainability

Considering alternative perspectives

Provide additional solutions to problems

Different subjects and disciplines

Juxtaposing cultural differences

Identify minority views

Uncover hidden values

Developing open-mindedness

Creating an emotionally safe learning environment

Group Knowledge Building

Individual Knowledge Consolidation