Librarians' attitude toward providing environmental literacy services in the states of California, Florida, and Georgia

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoai Ren
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Literacy Services

scholarly journals A “Strong” Approach to Sustainability Literacy: Embodied Ecology and Media

Philosophies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Cary Campbell ◽  
Nataša Lacković ◽  
Alin Olteanu
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Literacy Studies ◽  
Critical Media Literacy ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Sustainability Literacy ◽  
Critical Media ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Integrated Sustainability

This article outlines a “strong” theoretical approach to sustainability literacy, building on an earlier definition of strong and weak environmental literacy (Stables and Bishop 2001). The argument builds upon a specific semiotic approach to educational philosophy (sometimes called edusemiotics), to which these authors have been contributing. Here, we highlight how a view of learning that centers on embodied and multimodal communication invites bridging biosemiotics with critical media literacy, in pursuit of a strong, integrated sustainability literacy. The need for such a construal of literacy can be observed in recent scholarship on embodied cognition, education, media and bio/eco-semiotics. By (1) construing the environment as semiosic (Umwelt), and (2) replacing the notion of text with model, we develop a theory of literacy that understands learning as embodied/environmental in/across any mediality. As such, digital and multimedia learning are deemed to rest on environmental and embodied affordances. The notions of semiotic resources and affordances are also defined from these perspectives. We propose that a biosemiotics-informed approach to literacy, connecting both eco- and critical-media literacy, accompanies a much broader scope of meaning-making than has been the case in literacy studies so far.

scholarly journals Improvement of collaboration skills and environmental literacy through the surrounding nature exploration integrated group investigation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mimien Henie Irawati Al Muhdhar ◽  
Nur Aini ◽  
Fatchur Rohman ◽  
I. Wayan Sumberartha ◽  
Lely Mardiyanti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Collaboration Skills

Greening the Curriculum to Foster Environmental Literacy in Tertiary Students Studying Human Nutrition

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarahmarie Innes ◽  
Kerry Shephard ◽  
Mary Furnari ◽  
John Harraway ◽  
Tim Jowett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Human Nutrition

Lecturers’ perspectives on how introductory economic courses address sustainability

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom L. Green
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Ecological Literacy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
American University ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Ecological Citizenship ◽  
Economics Courses ◽  
Introductory Economics

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore sustainability commitments’ potential implications for the curriculum of introductory economics courses. Universities have signed the Talloires Declaration, committing themselves to promoting students’ environmental literacy and ecological citizenship, thereby creating pressure to integrate sustainability across the curriculum. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach involving qualitative research methods and the three largest public universities in British Columbia, Canada, was used. As one component of a larger study, 11 of the 19 economists who delivered the course over the study period were interviewed. The theoretical framework was informed by ecological economics scholarship on how mainstream economic thought represents environment-economy linkages. Findings – Findings suggest that universities’ sustainability commitments have not influenced principles of economics curriculum. Sustainability is not salient to lecturers; prospects that mainstream economics departments will integrate sustainability into curriculum in a timely manner without external pressure appear limited. Practical implications – While institutions often enthusiastically report on courses that contribute to students’ ecological literacy, identifying curriculum that may confound student understanding of sustainability receives less emphasis. Introductory economics courses appear to merit scrutiny from this perspective. Originality/value – About 40 per cent of North American university students take an introductory economics course, relatively few take more advanced economics courses. This course, thus, teaches many students economic theory and the economics profession’s approach to evaluating public policy, and has potential to contribute to knowledge of sustainability. Few studies examine how undergraduate economics curriculum addresses sustainability.

Assessing Environmental Literacy in a Nonformal Youth Program

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald R. Culen ◽  
Preethi R. S. Mony
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Youth Program

Nature as a theme in Canadian literature

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Turner ◽  
Bill Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Canadian Literature ◽  
Literary Expression ◽  
Nature Literature ◽  
Century Poetry ◽  
Literature Culture

The relationships of people with the natural world are expressed in diverse ways, including painting, photographs, sculpture, song, video, and literature. In this document, we review historical and contemporary portrayals of nature as a theme in Canadian literature. Our assessment is intended to explore how Canadians have articulated their feelings about nature through literary expression, and to thereby gain insight into their empathy for natural ecosystems and native species, and their concern about damage caused to those values. We begin with a broad overview of nature as a theme in cultural expression, including overarching ones in Canadian literature, and discuss the influential literary views of Northrop Frye, Margaret Atwood, and their critics. We then examine the expression of nature within seven focal areas: early aboriginal expression, narratives of explorers, stories of settlers, the genre of animal stories, 20th-century poetry, recent aboriginal literature, and environmental ideas in contemporary prose. We identify six dominant themes of the expression of nature in Canadian literature: (1) humans as a part of nature; (2) a bounty of natural resources; (3) fear of an adversarial wilderness; (4) improvement of nature; (5) regret of environmental damage and perhaps despair of the future; and (6) love and respect of species and natural landscapes. Finally, we discuss how nature as a theme embedded in Canadian literature can be harnessed to further the compelling objectives of environmental literacy by providing sympathetic insights into the relationships of people and society with the species and ecosystems with which they share Canada.Key words: nature, literature, culture, Canada, environmental literacy.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of guided inquiry-based module to improve high school students’ environmental literacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fildatul Amiroh ◽  
Mimien Henie Irawati ◽  
Suhadi ◽  
Lely Mardiyanti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Guided Inquiry ◽  
School Students

The Influence of the Research-based Monograph Book to Improve Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-302
Author(s):  
S. D. Suryani ◽  
M. Amin ◽  
F. Rohman
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Knowledge Domain ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Literacy Knowledge ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

This study intends to analyze the influence of the research-based monograph book as a learning resource to improve pre-service teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior towards the environment. This study is a quasi-experimental study using the Nonequivalent Control Group design. The research sample is 67 pre-service biology teachers using Cluster Sampling. Data were collected using environmental literacy instruments and analyzed descriptively and using the ANCOVA test. The results of the ANCOVA test showed that there was a significant effect on the use of the monograph book on environmental literacy. Knowledge domain obtained 0.047, attitude domain 0.186, and behavioral field 0.986 This research concludes that using the monograph book in learning affects aspects of ecological and environmental knowledge. Nevertheless, it has not had a significant effect on parts of attitude and behavior.

Naturalists’ Hike As a New Form of Environmental Education for Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Ol'ga Golovina ◽  
I. Filatova
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Age Group ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Primary Schoolchildren ◽  
New Form ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
Natural Communities

The article highlights the experience of conducting a naturalist hike - a new form of organizing environmental education for preschoolers and primary schoolchildren. The purpose of the trip, carried out in the form of a travel game, meets the requirements for the formation of environmental literacy in children of this age group, which are stated in the standards of preschool and primary school education. Game “What can you see in a pine forest?” is intended to enrich the sensory experience of children in the process of observing plants and animals of the forest, to acquaint them with observation as a method of studying natural communities, to develop a cognitive interest in the flora and fauna of their native land, to foster a desire to protect the forest and its inhabitants by participating in nature conservation activities. The article is intended for preschool teachers, primary school teachers, and additional education specialists.

Determining Primary School Candidate Teachers’ Levels of Environmental Literacy

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serkan Timur ◽  
Betul Timur ◽  
Sirin Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Environmental Literacy
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