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ERIC Number: EJ456264
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Art and Learning: Fostering Ecological Awareness.
Cole, Elizabeth
Childhood Education, v68 n5 p285-89 1992
Swaffield School, a nursery and primary school in innercity London, developed a multidisciplinary recycling project, Save the Trees, which focuses on paper and its link to the forest. The project involves group participation in handmade paper storycloths based on forest images and development of stories derived from the storycloths. (LB)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Conservation (Environment), Creative Writing, Ecology, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Forestry, Learning Activities, Natural Resources, Preschool Education, Recycling, Story Telling, Trees, Urban Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: England (London)
Note: Theme Issue: Promoting Ecological Awareness in Children.