Multi-Culturalism & Environmental Learning

Original Date: February 28, 2013

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Presenter: David Zandvilet

Description: What are the potential relationships between environmental learning and multi-cultural education? What are the similarities and differences between these two areas of practice and inquiry? Through dialogue and case studies drawn from field schools around the world, David will lead participants through a process to consider how multicultural issues can inform our practices in environmental education.

Suitability: All formal youth educators, and school administrators.

David Zandvliet is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, the founding Director for the Institute for Environmental Learning and the Chair of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (www.eecom.org). An experienced researcher, he has published articles in international journals and presented conference papers in over 15 countries. He has considerable experience in teacher development and has conducted studies in a school in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.