A Walk on the Wilder Side

Autor/inn/en	Dakin, Mary Ellen; Eatough, David Lowell; Turchon, Andrew
Titel	A Walk on the Wilder Side
Quelle	In: English Journal, 100 (2011) 3, S.62-70 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; English Teachers; Teacher Collaboration; Science Teachers; Social Studies; Urban Schools; Suburban Schools; Physical Environment; Class Activities; Interdisciplinary Approach; Learning Activities; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerkooperation; Science; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Gemeinschaftskunde; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Natürliche Umwelt; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lernaktivität; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	There is a need to establish and nurture a relationship between urban and suburban students and the natural world. This relationship needs to be personal and immediate. They need to see the wilder life that survives and sometimes flourishes in "their" world--not miles away in the hills and mountains or hidden beneath the sea, but outside their windows, on their sidewalks and streets, perched on their telephone poles. To build a relationship between students and the natural world that transcends boundaries, teachers need to establish a kinship with their colleagues in the natural and social sciences. In this article, an English teacher, a biology teacher, and a social studies teacher walk the overlapping terrain of their disciplines, searching for places where a shift in activity or perception might restore the ecological balance of authentic learning. In the cross-pollination that occurs, they find lost connections, mutually sustaining relationships, and hope. (Contains 2 figures and 1 note.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10