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Overview

2004 Annual Meeting program

AERA 2004
“Enhancing the Visibility and Credibility of Educational Research”
April 12 to 16, 2004, San Diego, California

An introduction to the program by the program chair is available here.
Electronic version below contains links to paper abstracts.
Click here for printable version of the program.

Ecological & Environmental Education Special Interest Group

Learning and Participation in Environmental Education
- Paper Session
Monday, 12 April, 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Marriott - Solana, South Tower, First Level

Ecological and Environmental Education
- New Member Poster Session
Monday, 12 April, 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Hyatt - Elizabeth Ballroom G, Second Level

Environmental Education: Pedagogy, Practice and Research
- Round Table Paper Discussion
Tuesday, 13 April, 8:05 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Hyatt - Elizabeth Ballroom E, Second Level

Fieldtrip: Tuesday, 13 April, afternoon/evening
Visit to San Diego Zoo with tour of their environmental education work, followed by evening meal at one of San Diego's restaurants.
Click here for printable notes, here further details.

Environmental Education Research: Theoretical Tensions and Methodological Challenges
- Paper Session
Wednesday, 14 April, 12:25 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.
Marriott - Torrey 2, North Tower, Lobby Level

Researching Environmental Learning: Future Directions and Possibilities
- Guest Speaker and Business Meeting
Wednesday, 14 April, 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Marriott - Columbia 3, North Tower, Lobby Level

NB any last minute changes will be notified on
the AERA program website for the EEE-SIG.

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Sessions

 

SIG-EEE
Learning and Participation in Environmental Education

- Paper Session

Time and Place
Monday, 12 April, 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Marriott - Solana, South Tower, First Level

Chair · Mark Rickinson · National Foundation for Educational Research, UK

Discussant · Justin Dillon · King's College London

Papers
Educational Implications of a Conservation-based Mission: A Study of Guide Training at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Elin Kelsey · Kelsey and Associates

Learning in a metropolitan zoo? Pedagogical imaginary and the display of wild animals in captivity
Warren Crichlow · York University

Learning about environmental issues: Undergraduate and postgraduate students’ interpretations of environmental content
Cecilia Lundholm · Stockholm University

Towards evaluating the theory and practice of participation in environmental education?
Alan Reid & Jutta Nikel · University of Bath

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SIG-EEE
Environmental and Ecological Education

- New Member Poster Session

Time and Place
Monday, 12 April, 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Hyatt - Elizabeth Ballroom G, Second Level

Chair · Mark Rickinson · National Foundation for Educational Research, UK

Discussants
Amy Cutter-Mackenzie · Charles Stuart University, Australia
Bob Jickling · Lakehead University, Canada

Papers
The Development of Local Curriculum to Instil Conscience about Environment Conservation in Lower Secondary School Students in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand
Ladda Silanoi · Khon Kaen University

The role of formal and non-formal educational programs in water conservation efforts in Mexico
Rodolfo Rincones · University Of Texas, El Paso
Sandra Bustillos-Duran · Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez

Environmental Knowing Through Multiperspective Environmental Education: A Study of AquaSchool
Sandra Anne Scott · University of British Columbia

Elementary school students’ understanding of the concept of life cycle
Eva Nyberg · Göteborgs Universitet
Björn Andersson · Göteborgs Universitet
John T. Leach · University of Leeds

Intergenerational Learning with the Land: Inspiring Environmental Stewardship
Jolie Mayer-Smith · University of British Columbia
Linda B. Peterat · University of British Columbia

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SIG-EEE
Environmental Education: Pedagogy, Practice and Research

- Round Table Paper Discussion

Time and Place
Tuesday, 13 April, 8:05 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Hyatt - Elizabeth Ballroom E, Second Level

Papers
An evaluation of the practice of environmental education in New Zealand schools
Chris Eames · University of Waikato
Rachel Bolstad · New Zealand Council for Educational Research
Bronwen Cowie
· University Of Waikato

Student teachers' conceptions of sustainable development: the starting points of geographers and scientists
Graham Corney · Oxford University
Michael Summers · Oxford University
Ann Childs · Oxford University

Student teachers’ views and understandings of education and sustainable development in Denmark, England and Germany
Jutta Nikel · University of Bath

Confronting the Nature of Consumption and the Consumption of Nature: Worldview Challenges for Beginning Teachers
Leo Elshof · University of Ottawa

Chicanas Echo Justice for the Earth
Frances Ortega · University of New Mexico

The Animal Problem in Freire: Towards a Non-Anthropocentric, Eco-Justice Pedagogy
Richard Kahn · UCLA

Higher education and rational choice: Does market-like behavior lead to an interpretation of ‘weak sustainability’?
Julie Newman · University of New Hampshire

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SIG-EEE
Environmental Education Research: Theoretical Tensions and Methodological Challenges

- Paper Session

Time and Place
Wednesday, 14 April, 12:25 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.
Marriott - Torrey 2, North Tower, Lobby Level

Chair · J. William Hug · Michigan State University

Discussants
Karen Ferneding · University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Arjen Wals · Wageningen Agricultural College

Papers
Valuing and utilising traditional ecological knowledge: tensions in the context of environmental education
Alan Reid · University of Bath
Justin Dillon · King's College London
Kelly L Teamey · King's College London

Enacting Cyborg Methodology in Environmental Education Research
Annette Gough · Deakin University

Perspectives on participation in collaborative projects between schools and external actors
Dawn Sanders · National Foundation for Educational Research, UK
Monica Carlsson · The Danish University of Education

Rewording the world: poststructuralism, deconstruction and the ‘real’ in environmental education research
Noel Gough · Deakin University
Leigh Price · Speciss College, Harare, Zimbabwe

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SIG-EEE
Researching Environmental Learning: Future Directions and Possibilities
- Guest Speaker and Business Meeting

Time and Place
Wednesday, 14 April, 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
in Marriott - Columbia 3, North Tower, Lobby Level

Chair · Mark Rickinson · National Foundation for Educational Research, UK

Keynote Speaker
Barbara Rogoff · University Of California, Santa Cruz
"Learning through Intent Participation in Cultural Activity"

Discussants
Paul Hart · University of Regina
Kirsten Ellenbogen · Institute For Learning Innovation


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Fieldtrip

San Diego Zoo

Our visit (which is free to SIG members) will include:

• a fully guided tour with one of the zoo’s educational guides
• some behind-the-scenes visits and animal encounters
• opportunity for informal discussion about environmental education at the zoo.

1pm Meet outside Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel to travel to the Zoo

2pm Meet guide at Zoo Main Entrance Plaza near the elephant topiaries

The tour will last 2 hours, after which we will have opportunity for informal discussion with some of the Zoo’s education team.

5pm Depart from Zoo

Dinner at Berta’s Latin American Restaurant

7pm Meet at Berta’s Latin American Restaurant
3928 Twiggs Street (at Congress Street), San Diego.
Phone: 619 295 2343 Bus: 5/5A Trolley: Old Town

‘Berta's is a welcome change from the nacho-and-fajita joints that dominate Old Town dining …Housed in a charming, basic cottage tucked away on a side street, Berta's faithfully recreates the sunny flavors of Central America’



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