- Title Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Advancing Urbanization -
2 Sustainable Cities -
3 Four Asian Tigers -
4 Cities as Opportunities -
5 Critical Environmental Education -
6 Environmental Justice -
7 Sense of Place -
8 Climate Change Education -
9 Community Assets -
10 Trust and Collaborative Governance -
11 Environmental Governance -
12 Nonformal Educational Settings -
13 Community Environmental Education -
14 School Partnerships -
15 Sustainable Campuses -
16 Early Childhood -
17 Positive Youth Development -
18 Adult Education -
19 Intergenerational Education -
20 Inclusive Education -
21 Educator Professional Development -
22 Cities as Classrooms -
23 Environmental Arts -
24 Adventure Education -
25 Urban Agriculture -
26 Ecological Restoration -
27 Green Infrastructure -
28 Urban Digital Storytelling -
29 Participatory Urban Planning -
30 Educational Trends - Afterword
- Contributors
- Index
Nonformal Educational Settings
Nonformal Educational Settings
- Chapter:
- (p.115) 12 Nonformal Educational Settings
- Source:
- Urban Environmental Education Review
- Author(s):
Joe E. Heimlich
Jennifer D. Adams
Marc J. Stern
, Alex Russ, Marianne E. Krasny- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
This chapter examines the pedagogy of nonformal environmental education for urban audiences, focusing on different types of urban nonformal educational opportunities and situating them in the lives of urbanites using the concept of “learningscapes.” Urban nonformal environmental education involves relating environmental content to the everyday lives of urban learners, ensuring learner autonomy, and integrating the institutions of environmental education providers within the broader array of social institutions in the urban environment. Nonformal urban environmental education programs according to participant choice and goals and provider goals include school field trips or related programs, casual visit to a community institution (for example, nature center), and recreational programs. The chapter suggests that urban environmental education providers have unique opportunities for connecting beyond traditional audiences due to the dense and diverse networks of programs within urban environments, from youth sports leagues to literacy clubs and neighborhood watches.
Keywords: nonformal environmental education, learningscapes, environmental learning, field trips, recreational programs, urban environmental education, youth sports leagues, literacy clubs, neighborhood watches
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- Title Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Advancing Urbanization -
2 Sustainable Cities -
3 Four Asian Tigers -
4 Cities as Opportunities -
5 Critical Environmental Education -
6 Environmental Justice -
7 Sense of Place -
8 Climate Change Education -
9 Community Assets -
10 Trust and Collaborative Governance -
11 Environmental Governance -
12 Nonformal Educational Settings -
13 Community Environmental Education -
14 School Partnerships -
15 Sustainable Campuses -
16 Early Childhood -
17 Positive Youth Development -
18 Adult Education -
19 Intergenerational Education -
20 Inclusive Education -
21 Educator Professional Development -
22 Cities as Classrooms -
23 Environmental Arts -
24 Adventure Education -
25 Urban Agriculture -
26 Ecological Restoration -
27 Green Infrastructure -
28 Urban Digital Storytelling -
29 Participatory Urban Planning -
30 Educational Trends - Afterword
- Contributors
- Index