Arts, Environment, and the Child

Syllabus
Books
Waters of Life, Celebration of Cultures and Language
Water images and links
Stories about water
Our projects
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Date/Theme:    Activities/Readings: Assignments Due:  Completed:

Mon. Sept. 29

Overview & Values

-Orientation

-Values Workshop (Nancy)

-Writing rubric

-Make class journals (include values quote)

-Pictures for WebX

Signed covenant

Questionnaire

 

Sat. Oct. 4

-Nature walk (Nikki Julien)

-WebX workshop

-Seminar: This Place on Earth

-Project workshop

-Pot Luck/Chong Yang Jie Celebration

 

This Place on Earth 2002: Measuring What Matters

Mon. Oct. 6

-Finalize project groups

-Project covenant discussion

-Celebration planning

-Seminar: stages of child development and learning

One page research on a specific stage of child development and learning

Chapter 4, “The Unfolding World,” Natural Childhood, edited by John Thomson (handout from faculty)

Mon. Oct. 13

-Rebecca Chamberlain: Native salmon stories and art

-End-of-class journal time

 

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, David Suzuki (Chapters 1-3, 9)

Weds. Oct. 15

Fall Part Time Studies Academic Forum (Note, your normal class of Mon. Dec. 8 has been waived for this and evaluations made one week earlier—gives you extra week of winter break)

-Posted to WebX:

-2-4 page paper: How would you use the tools in Ecological Education to “measure what matters” in This Place on Earth?

 

Sat. Oct. 18

-Seminar, Ecological Education & Sacred Balance

-Field trip: Kennedy Creek

-First classroom observation completed

-Project prospectus due

Ecological Education in Action: On Weaving Education, Culture, and the Environment

Mon. Oct. 20

-Jean MacGregor:

Environmental Education and Art

-Film: “The Man Who Planted Trees”

-End-of-class journal time

-Post revised WebX paper

 

Mon. Oct. 27

-Green education/water panel *invited: Ann Mills, Project Green; Rhonda Hunter, Ecology; Susie Vanderburg, Thurston Stream Team

-Project update

-End-of-class journal time

-Second classroom observation & consultation with classroom teacher completed

 

Sat. Nov. 1

-Waters of Life: Community Celebration of Cultures and Language (This is a community event our program will help produce)

   

Mon. Nov. 3

-Individual/Family ecological footprint workshop (Nancy)

-End-of-class journal time

-WebX #2—collaborative project paper FULL draft

 

Mon. Nov. 10

-Project roundtable (based on WebX project drafts)

-End-of-class journal time

   

Sat. Nov. 15

-Feng Shui workshop (Hirsh)

-Spiritual connections to place and environment (Nancy)

-Sharing Nature With Children workshop

 

Sharing Nature With Children

Mon. Nov. 17

*Invited: Ann Storey, Art and Environment lecture

-Project presentation preparation

-Review of requirements for individual paper

-End-of-class journal time

   

Mon. Nov. 24

HOLIDAY

NO CLASS THANKSGIVING WEEK

   

Mon. Dec. 1

-Exam: How have your values regarding the environment, and educating others, changed in this program?  How will you continue this learning?

-Evaluation workshop

-K-8 presentations must be completed; student and teacher evaluations completed

 

Sat. Dec. 6

Class Presentations

-Due:

  • Journal
  • Portfolio
  • Collaborative paper
  • Individual paper
  • Evaluations
  • Student/teacher evaluations of your project
 

Mon. Dec. 8 and Tues. Dec. 9

Evaluations

Afternoon/Evening Evaluations