NRES 701, Readings in Environmental Education

An on-line course via the Internet from the UWSP College of Natural Resources

Reading Assignments

Instructor:    Dr. Richard Wilke, Room 186 CNR, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI 54481

Phone: (715) 346-4766                 Email: rwilke@uwsp.edu

Article Title, Pages, complete by (date)

Part One: The EE Landscape

1. Tensions in EE: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Pages 1-6

2. The Tbilisi Declaration, Pages 13-16

3. Environmental Education’s Definitional Problem, Pages 17-26

4. The Concept of EE, Pages 33-36

                    Complete 1 through 4 by March 28 

5. The Status of EE with Respect to the Goal of Responsible Citizenship Behavior, Pages 37-43

6. Two Hats, Page 47

7. The Myths of EE-Revisited, Pages 49-56

8. A Survey of the Status of State-Level EE in the U.S., Pages 57-64

                    Complete 5 through 8 by April 4 

Part Two: Environmental Literacy

9. Education Reform, Setting Standards and EE, Pages 65-72

10. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's EE Standards

     Find on-line at:      http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/standards/pdf/envired.pdf

11. Environmental Literacy in the U.S., Pages 73-81

Part Three: EE Curricula

12. Goals for Curriculum Development in EE, Pages 87-95

13. Curriculum Development in EE for the Primary School, Pages 97-107

                    Complete 9 through 13 by April 11

14. EE in the K-12 Curriculum: Finding a Niche

     Pages 109-122, complete by April 12

15. Integration and Curriculum Design

     Pages 123-142, complete by April 12

                    Complete 14 and 15 by April 18

16. Comparing Four Environmental Problems Solving Models, Pages 143-154

Part Four: EE Instruction

17. A Technique for Analyzing Environmental Issues, Pages 173-178

                    Complete 16 and 17 by April 25

18. So . . . You Want to Teach Issues?

19. Changing Learner Behavior Through EE, Pages 289-304

                    Complete 18 and 19 by May 2

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