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Paper Five

Guidelines: You will be writing a two part paper of 4-6 pages in length.

Part One:

Dewey, in Experience & Education (Dewey, 1945, p. 47) speaks of "mis-educative experiences" that require "unlearning" in later life.  Meanwhile, Orr refers to "mis-educative experiences" when he observes that "all education is environmental education" (Orr, 1992, p. 90) and that people learn and acquire values from these experiences that will result in values of "carelessness" or "stewardship."  Present some examples of what you believe to "mis-educative" (ineffective) and "educative" (effective) environmental education and justify your assertions. In other words what, in your opinion, characterizes effective environmental education? 

Part Two:

Based upon Orr's essay "The Liberal Arts, the Campus and the Biosphere," what sort or environmental education or education for sustainability do you think is appropriate in higher education?  Furthermore, thinking of our own university and your own course of study, what suggestions would you make in order to meet the learning outcome of ecological literacy?

Part Three:

Thinking of Florida Gulf Coast University, your own College, and your particular course of study and major, what suggestions would you make in order to meet the learning outcome of ecological literacy? 

Books: Books: Experience and Education, John Dewey, 1938