Climate Literacy in Education

Special Places in School

Using Provocative Pedagogy to Teach Place-Based Environmental Education

Cheryl Hunter

University of North Dakota

Leila Campbell

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/cle.v3i1.6780

Keywords: Provocative pedagogy, place-based education, environmental stewardship, ecological literacy, climate literacy

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Abstract

Place-based education is more than a classroom structure; it is providing outdoor experiences connecting students with their natural landscape and nurturing a deep bond with their immediate outdoor environment. Melding environmental education design principles and provocative pedagogical methods, this curricular unit prepares university students to teach environmental education across multiple educational domains. This unit begins by providing an evocative and sensory experience of place-based learning before students are introduced to specific design principles and environmental education methods, thus providing a lived experience by which to first ground students’ understandings.