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Environmental Education as/for Environmental Consciousness Raising: Insights from an Ontario Outdoor Education Centre

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Drawing on insights gained from a study of educators working together at an outdoor education centre in Ontario, Canada, this chapter aims to advance the idea that raising environmental consciousness involves connecting people to, fostering care for and building agency for their environments. Educating for the environment requires incorporating alternative education theories and providing people with personal, multidimensional experiences in the world, which are ultimately transformative. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the implications of these ideas for environmental educators and outdoor education facilities.

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  1. Redeemer University College, 777 Garner Road East, Ancaster, ON, L9K 1J4, Canada

    Joanne Nazir

  2. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M5S 1V6, ON, Canada

    Erminia Pedretti

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Giuliano Reis

  2. School of Education, Nipissing University , North Bay, Ontario, Canada

    Jeff Scott

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Nazir, J., Pedretti, E. (2018). Environmental Education as/for Environmental Consciousness Raising: Insights from an Ontario Outdoor Education Centre. In: Reis, G., Scott, J. (eds) International Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Environmental Education: A Reader. Environmental Discourses in Science Education, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67732-3_7

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