CUR 526 - Environmental Education

Credits: 3.0
This course is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills needed to integrate Environmental Education into their own teaching. Participants of this course will examine the historical, philosophical, curricular and instructional issues surrounding EE, and they will be challenged to survey their current practice and consider less traditional methods supported by curricula such as Project Learning Tree, Project Wet or Project WILD. The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) and the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) will provide the standards from which most discussions will take place. Required field experiences at outdoor education centers such as Camp Hashawa in Carroll County and Northbay Environmental Education Camp in Cecil County will provide modeling and hands-on experience. This course will be a hybrid course (online and face-to-face) and will require the two Saturday field trips.