Free-Choice Learning and the Environment [Hardcover]

Most environmental learning takes place outside of the formal education system, but our understanding of how this learning actually occurs is in its infancy. By surfing the internet, watching nature documentaries, and visiting parks, forests, marine sanctuaries, and zoos, people make active choices to learn about various aspects of their environment every day.Free-Choice Learning and the Environmentexplores the theoretical foundations of free-choice environmental education, the practical implications for applying theory to the education of learners of all ages, and the policy implications for creating new and sustainable environmental education opportunities.John H. Falkis Sea Grant Professor in Free-Choice Learning at Oregon State University and founder and former president of the Institute for Learning Innovation. He is co-author ofThriving in the Knowledge Age,Lessons without Limit, andFree-Choice Science Education, as well as co-editor ofIn Principle, In Practice: Museums as Learning Institutions.Joe E. Heimlichis a senior research associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation. He has worked in the field of free-choice environmental education for fifteen years.Susan Foutzis a research associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation and is co-editor ofIn Principle, In Practice.

Free-Choice Learning and the Environmentis essential reading for environmental educators. From theory to practice and implementation, and the application of research, it brings to light, in a highly easy-to-read format, the power and necessity of free-choice learning for understanding and addressing the multitude of issues we face in our environment. Brian A. Day, North American Association for Environmental Education

This well-researched book with an extensive, impressive bibliography is an excellent scholarly venture into free-choice learning about the environment. Recommended. Choice Reviews