ERIC ED129537: Environmental Education and Field Studies pdf

ERIC ED129537: Environmental Education and Field Studies

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Describing information gathered from a three-week (1976) tour of environmental education field studies programs in faculties of education and teachers’ colleges located in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Western Germany, this report presents comparative program and text summaries and recommends procedures for the Ontario Ministry of Education in Canada. Presented by country, the summaries include: organizational procedures; science, geography, and general environmental texts; program scope; special interests; educational problems frequently referred to in the media; educational environmental topics, concepts, courses, and teacher guides; and the texts used at the secondary level. In general, this report indicates that in these countries, elementary school teaching requires three to four years of preparation at special educational institutes; four to six day field sessions in geography and environmental science during the first and second years of study; and several half-day and one-day field studies in the final year. Recommendations are presented as follows: Ontario student teachers should be involved in a minimum of five days of field studies per year and should receive instruction re: preparation/implementation of day-excursions; and the Ontario Ministry of Education should conduct continuous surveys of foreign educational literature and should encourage school boards to retain or

repurchase small rural schools suitable for field studies. (JC

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1976
• Year: 1976
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Educational Problems, Environmental Education, Field Studies, Higher Education, Organization, Outdoor Education, Program Descriptions, Science Instruction, Surveys, Teacher Education, Textbooks

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