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ERIC Number: EJ563262
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0095-8964
Environmental Learning and the Study of Extinction.
Bell, Anne C.; Russell, Constance L.; Plotkin, Rachel
Journal of Environmental Education, v29 n2 p4-10 Win 1998
Describes an environmental workshop with three goals: (1) to develop a more grounded and personal understanding in students of extinction; (2) to draw attention to their specific life contexts while making connections between local and global phenomena; and (3) to critically examine anthropocentrism. Highlights efforts to disrupt strictly scientific ways of understanding extinction. Contains 23 references. (PVD)
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Endangered Species, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Values Education, Workshops
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Anthropocentrism; Deep Ecology; Environmental Ethic; Extinction (Species); Nature; Ontario