Preparing Classroom Teachers To Be Environmental Educators. A Report of a Symposium. Monographs in Environmental Education and Environmental Studies, Volume VI.

Overview & Synopsis

This monograph includes eight papers which were presented at a joint conference of the Conservation Education Association and The North American Association for Environmental Education in 1989 at Estes Park, Colorado and a summary paper. The first three papers are on preservice teacher education; five discuss inservice teacher education. Papers include the following: (1) "Rethinking Teacher Education Environmentally" (Paul Hart); (2) "Using Cooperative Learning Strategies to Develop Conflict Resolution Skills" (James D. Lubbers); (3) "Perspectives of Pre-service Education Students on Environmental Education Course Work" (Randy Champeau); (4) "Teacher Education in Environmental Education: The 'Grip of Print' and Other Lessons from Distance Education" (Ian Robottom); (5)"Cooperative Model for In-service Environmental Education in the State of Kansas" (Emmett L. Wright); (6) "Student Dropout Prevention: Teacher In-service Connections to Environmental Education" (Darleen K. Stoner); (7) "A Consortium Approach to Staff Development" (Peggy Cowan); (8) "Environmental Education: The In-service Experience" (Juan A. Sanchez Jr.); and (9) "Professional Development in Environmental Education" (Paul Hart and Ian Robottom). (CW)