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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Harvester, Lara; Blenkinsop, Sean – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2010
This paper begins by suggesting that issues of social and ecological justice are not mutually exclusive. They are tied together through the logic of domination which is, in turn, sustained by oppositional value dualisms such man/woman, human/nature, and white/non-white. As such, we suggest that environmental education must deal with the shared…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Logical Thinking, Feminism, Social Justice
Blenkinsop, Sean; Judson, Gillian – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2010
This paper sets out to explore the role of story in education. Through the employment of story itself as medium the discussion examines how story is currently used in educational settings. The next step is to posit story as a learning tool and curricular heavy-lifter through introduction to the theory of Imaginative Education as proposed by Kieran…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Story Telling, Imagination
Blenkinsop, Sean – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
In this narrative essay, I explore some fundamental assumptions in my understanding of environmental education. Questions are raised concerning the nature of perception, experience, and the interplay between the world and ourselves. The narrative is based on a recent trip down the Coppermine River in the Barrenlands of Canada's Arctic. The…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Figurative Language, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods