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ERIC Number: EJ516811
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0840-8114
History and Personal Narratives in Outdoor Education.
Plotkin, Rachel; Sheridan, Joe
Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, v7 n5 p10-13 Jul-Aug 1995
Encourages the integration of storytelling into environmental and outdoor education to help urban children regain their lost connections to nature. The environmental educational story can be seen as a symbolic perception of the natural world that complements a child's experience and observation of nature and promotes imagination and an environmental ethic. (RE)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Imagination, Learning Experience, Outdoor Education, Story Telling
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Environmental Awareness; Nature Stories; Nature Study; Retelling