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Love, Creation, Virtue As Models For Environmental Education, Jeff Ploegstra Oct 2014

Love, Creation, Virtue As Models For Environmental Education, Jeff Ploegstra

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

A look at how love, creation, and virtue should shape our conversations about the environment and environmental education.


An Annotated Bibliography Of Research Relevant To Environmental Education (1998-2013), Erich Yahner Aug 2014

An Annotated Bibliography Of Research Relevant To Environmental Education (1998-2013), Erich Yahner

Erich Yahner

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A Framework For Leadership For Sustainability Education At Portland State University, Dilafruz R. Williams, Heather Burns, Sybil Schantz Kelley May 2014

A Framework For Leadership For Sustainability Education At Portland State University, Dilafruz R. Williams, Heather Burns, Sybil Schantz Kelley

Educational Leadership and Policy Faculty Publications and Presentations

In response to the hitherto unchallenged assumptions supporting a globalized economy, the Leadership for Sustainability Education (LSE) program, formerly Leadership in Ecology, Culture, and Learning, was developed as part of an emerging sustainability movement. This article highlights the favorable conditions that provided the context for the evolution of the LSE program, including organizational policies and practices at Portland State University, and a commitment to community-university partnerships that conveyed the University’s motto, “Let Knowledge Serve the City.” We discuss the potential that higher education has to transform practices and ways of thinking necessary for ecological sustainability and social justice. Following this …


Leadership For Sustainability: Pedagogical Practices That Empower Learners To Become Leaders, Heather Burns, Jr Wolf Feb 2014

Leadership For Sustainability: Pedagogical Practices That Empower Learners To Become Leaders, Heather Burns, Jr Wolf

Educational Leadership and Policy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Higher education is recognizing the need to prepare leaders who can take action to address complex and pressing sustainability challenges. Increasingly, this need is being addressed through the addition of sustainability programs and courses. However, academic courses often focus on sustainability content or issues and don’t necessarily foster the practices, ways of being, and skills needed to be an effective sustainability leader. According to a recent action research study of sustainability leadership development at Portland State University, sustainability leadership identity and skills can be developed through a combination of reflective practice, community building, and experiential learning. This session will provide …


The Evaluation Of An Environmental Leadership And Service Program's Effectiveness, Roberta Harlow Mcfarland Jan 2014

The Evaluation Of An Environmental Leadership And Service Program's Effectiveness, Roberta Harlow Mcfarland

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

According to a recent report from the National Center for Educational Statistics, approximately 20% of the United States' high-school aged population is at risk of dropping out of high school, an outcome that strongly limits participation in economic and educational opportunities. The importance of earning a high school diploma has increased many local districts' efforts to close graduation gaps across the student population. Accordingly, this study evaluated a recuperative environmental leadership and service (EL&S) program in a northwestern local district to ascertain its effectiveness in providing at-risk students the personal and academic support required for high school graduation. Following the …