Master of Science 2003 

Learning Material for Constructing Environmental Understanding

Contents 

1 Introduction 

1.1 Purpose of this Study

1.2 Environmental Education Review

1.3 Problems of Environmental Education 

1.4 Integrative Proposal

 

2 Rationale: Critical Thinking

2.1 Motivation for Learning

2.2 Contextualized Project

2.3 Personal Project Methodology

2.4 Technological Learning Material

 

3 Design of the Learning Environment

3.1 Environmental Education Learning Environment  

      3.1.1 Compelling Object of Study

      3.1.2 Participatory Design of Learning Tasks

      3.1.3 Technological Learning Material

      3.1.4 Concrete Product of Projects

 

4 Environmental Education Case Study  

4.1 Choosing Environmental Issues to Address

4.2 Designing Project’s Activities and Methodologies

4.3 Using Tools to Interact with the Environment

4.4 Creating Concrete Products

 

5 Case Study Evaluation

5.1 Discourse and Word Analysis

5.2 Analysis of Data Collected

5.3 Observation of Participant's Projects

 

6 Conclusion and Further Discussion

 

A. Specifications of the Programmable Sensing Board

 

B. Specifications of the Ozone Detector

 

C. Specifications of the Noise Sensor

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