Environmental Education Mind Map
Environmental Education
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
