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Exploring Teacher-Student Interactions: Communities of Practice, Ecological Learning Systems--or Something Else?
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Hall, V. J. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
A small-scale action research project was used to consider the policy and rhetoric surrounding development of the "expert learner" and how this might be further explored to provide opportunities for learners to have greater direct involvement in reflection and discussion with teachers. The research was based within a further education…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Communities of Practice, Ecological Factors
Perception of Pine Trees among Citizens of the Balearic Islands: Analysis and Description of Some Mistaken Ideas
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Sureda-Negre, Jaume; Catalan-Fernandez, Albert; Comas-Forgas, Ruben; Fagan, Geoffrey; Llabres-Bernat, Antonia – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
In this article, the authors analyze evidence regarding the dissemination of mistaken ideas concerning the presence and function of pine trees ("Pinus halepensis") in a Mediterranean archipelago: the Balearic Islands (Spain). The main errors concerning the natural vegetation that are disseminated among citizens by the forest management…
Descriptors: Forestry, Foreign Countries, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content
Mining Induced Displacement and Mental Health: A Call for Action
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Goessling, Kristen P. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2010
India is a country of unparalleled diversity within both the cultural and ecological spheres of life. This paper examines the author's experience exploring and inquiring into the mental health implications of mining and mining induced displacement within several Adivasi (tribal) communities in Andhra Pradesh, India. Through collaboration with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Ecological Factors, Ecology
From Global Challenge to Local Efficacy: Rediscovering Human Agency in Learning for Survival
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Percy-Smith, Barry – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2010
There is an assumption underlying education for sustainable development that all we need do is learn the skills and knowledge to live sustainably. Yet, many already know the issues and know we "should" act, but we don't. This article argues that a key part of the problem is that we live according to myths and daydreams perpetuated by a…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Ecology, Ecological Factors, Conservation (Environment)
Transformative Environmental Education: A Collective Rehearsal for Reality
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Rathzel, Nora; Uzzell, David – Environmental Education Research, 2009
This paper puts forward an alternative view on sustainable development, arguing that the separation between the economy, the environment and the social in the Brundtland model obscures the societal character of the economy, the economic bases of the social, and the fact that the environment is a societal product. We differentiate between strong…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Transformative Learning, Vignettes
The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development: A Perspective from Australia
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Lang, Josephine R. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2005
Amidst Australia's background of ecological devastation there is hope as people and their communities search for ways to re-think and revision their future, moving ever so slowly towards sustainability. For the author, sustainability is the intersection where humanity consciously engages with the ecological systems in ways to ensure all life is…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development