ERIC Number: EJ954012
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 12
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Cultivating Urban Naturalists: Teaching Experiential, Place-Based Learning through Nature Journaling in Central Park
Warkentin, Traci
Journal of Geography, v110 n6 p227-238 2011
Preservice educators engaged in experiential, place-based learning through a semester-long assignment in which they observed a specific place in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, and kept a nature journal. The assignment was organized around two pivotal elements: direct, sensory experience and time in place. Both elements added vital dimensions to learning in unanticipated ways. Ultimately, students cultivated naturalist skills, realized the potency of the nature journal as a tool for environmental and geographic education, and made a pedagogical discovery that the learning process is more important than the end product. (Contains 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Urban Environment, Geography Instruction, Geographic Location, Time Perspective, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Outdoor Education, Geography, Sensory Experience, Teaching Methods, Student Journals, Reflection, Place Based Education, Experiential Learning, Time, Naturalistic Observation, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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