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Environmental and Sustainability Education Infusion Initiative. Environmental Learning at OISE. OISE, University of Toronto, Dr. Hilary Inwood. Where we are today. ESE infusion initiative & ESE working group Greening OISE group Sustainability Advisory Committee - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Environmental Environmental LearningLearning at OISE at OISE
OISE, University of Toronto, Dr. Hilary Inwood
Environmental and Sustainability Education Environmental and Sustainability Education Infusion InitiativeInfusion Initiative
Where we are todayWhere we are todayESE infusion initiative & ESE
working groupGreening OISE groupSustainability Advisory CommitteeESE graduate student groupDr. Eric Jackman Institute for Child
Studies EE projectESE researchESE courses (graduate, ITE courses)
ESE Infusion InitiativeESE Infusion Initiative Infusion Workshops for teacher candidates
◦ 60-90 minutes◦ most students (approx. 1000) receive this in
2011-12 as part of TES course◦ led by a doctoral student
ESE Co-curricular Events ESE-related InternshipsDevelopment of ESE Resources
◦ Website www.oise.utoronto.ca/ese◦ Free Green Teacher subscription for all ITE
students◦ Library collection being developed
Also related to pre-serviceAlso related to pre-serviceGreening OISE group
◦Comprised of faculty and teacher candidates
◦Organize events and projects, e.g. Eco Fair and used cell phone collection
Institute for Child Studies EE Project◦Delivers workshops on getting
children outdoors and building their questions into lesson planning
From our Learner DocumentFrom our Learner Document--graduates from our programs will begin graduates from our programs will begin to demonstrate the capacity to;to demonstrate the capacity to;
• Develop a personal philosophy of education that embodies principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, social justice and environmental justice.
• Understand themselves as change agents and community members committed to act in socially just and environmentally responsible ways.
• Understand that curriculum planning and delivery are embedded in political, social, cultural and environmental contexts.
Want to know more?Want to know more?See the more detailed slidesOur ESE website;
www.oise.utoronto.ca/[email protected]@utoronto.ca
Starting from scratch…Starting from scratch… 2008/09
◦ SAC starts upgrading building◦ only 3-4 instructors infusing ESE into subject courses◦ a few workshops being offered by Jane Forbes
2009/10◦ OISE provides TEPA and Work Study student for support◦ Infusion workshops developed◦ Greening OISE starts annual EcoFair and Clothing Swaps
2010/11◦ Co-curricular learning continues to be developed◦ ESE website is developed and launched
2011/12◦ OISE endorses and financially supports ESE Initiative◦ most students receive an ESE workshop as part of program◦ ESE Action Plan includes course infusions; instructor PD; co-
curricular learning; resource development; advocacy projects; start of learning garden
Co-curricular Events for ITECo-curricular Events for ITEBrown bag lunches, optional Brown bag lunches, optional workshops, eventsworkshops, events Project Wild Workshop Natural Curiosities: ESE in the Primary YearsNature Storytelling Trip to the Toronto Zoo Ecoschools: Integrating Ecoliteracy into TDSB SchoolsGetting kids outside: Evergreen Brick Works School
ProgramsOISE’s EcoFairEnvironmental and Sustainability Action in the
ClassroomFood Literacy Education: A Recipe for Change! Indigenous Environmental Philosophies and Knowledge
Systems: Connections and InterconnectionsFLAP Eco-Art Project
Environmental Learning at Environmental Learning at OISEOISE
ESE Working Group (Hilary Inwood & David Montemurro)
Sustainability Action Committee (waiting for a new CAO)
Greening OISE (Jane Forbes)ESE Grad Student Group (Erin Sperling) Institute for Child Studies EE Project (Andrea
Cousineau)ESE related research (various faculty and grad
students)
ESE Working GroupESE Working Group
a communications hub for faculty interested in ESE
facilitates the infusion of ESE into programs, events and courses
offers PD opportunities in ESE at OISEdevelops ESE resources for faculty, staff
and studentsliaises with other faculties of ed about
ESE
Environmental Learning at Environmental Learning at OISEOISEGraduate courses in CTL, AECP, SESE
(Erminia Pedretti, Larry Bencze, Jennifer Sumner, Gary Knowles,
Dorothy Goldin-Rosenberg, Terezia Zoric)
ITE Related Studies course – Exploring ESE (Hilary Inwood)
ESE infused into B.Ed courses (various OISE instructors)
Greening OISEGreening OISE
led by Jane Forbes and Judith Burt [[email protected]]
Events for students, by studentsWalk-in ClosetsUsed cell phone collectionEco-Fair in January
Sustainability Advisory Sustainability Advisory CommitteeCommitteewill be led by our new CAOfocuses on OISE’s physical
facilitiesrecent projects include:
◦ changing out lights to timers or motion sensors, low wattage bulbs
◦energy conservation◦green bins◦solar film on windows◦water bottle filler on 5th floor
ESE Grad Student GroupESE Grad Student Group
led by Erin Sperlingcurrently working on the creation
of a learning garden for OISE
Institute for Child StudiesInstitute for Child Studiesled by Andrea Cousineaumajor ESE project for K-6 finished
last yearnew book ‘Natural Curiosity’,
available online at; http://www.naturalcuriosity.ca/
Environmental Learning at Environmental Learning at OISEOISE
OISE Website for ESE:
www.oise.utoronto.ca/ese
ESE ResearchersESE Researchers
Erminia PedrettiLarry BenczeJennifer SumnerDorothy Goldin RosenbergGary KnowlesHilary Inwood
