This guide is provided to assist British Columbia teachers of all subjects and grades to integrate environmental concepts into teaching and learning. Designed as a support framework to guide teachers in their education planning, the guide also aims to support the implementation of many of the curriculum packages and will be complemented by web resources to support environmental learning in diverse subjects like science, social studies and language arts.

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Table of Contents

Introduction and Background

• Intro video 1: Environmental Learning and Experience
  Clip 1 (7.3 MB) | Clip 1 (18.4 MB)

Why Learn about Environment Issues?

• Intro video 2: Learning Together: The environmental framework
  Clip 2 (16.3 MB) | Clip 2 (41.5 MB)

Education, Environment and Sustainability

Integrating Environmental Learning Principles

• Teaching and Learning Principles
• Direct experience
• Critical Reflection and Negotiation
• Experiential Learning
• Suggestions for Practice

Principles for Conceptualizing 'Environment'

• Complexity
  video 3: 'Case Study: Complexity - Kilmer Elementary'
  Clip 3 (12 MB) | Clip 3 (32.2 MB)

• Aesthetics
  video 4: 'Case Study: Aesthetics - Heritage Mountain Elementary'
  Clip 4 (14 MB) | Clip 4 (63.3 MB)

• Responsibility
  video 5: 'Case Study: Responsibility - Spencer Middle School'
  Clip 5 (14.8 MB) | Clip 5 (38.1 MB)

• Ethics
  video 6: 'Case Study: Ethics - KLO Middle School'
  Clip 6 (18.5 MB) | Clip 6 (38 MB)

Summary of Environmental Learning Principles

Acknowledgements