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Environmental Learning at OISE

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

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Environmental Learning at OISE

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  1. Environmental and Sustainability Education Infusion Initiative Environmental Learning at OISE OISE, University of Toronto, Dr. Hilary Inwood

  2. Where we are today • ESE infusion initiative & ESE working group • Greening OISE group • Sustainability Advisory Committee • ESE graduate student group • Dr. Eric Jackman Institute for Child Studies EE project • ESE research • ESE courses (graduate, ITE courses)

  3. ESE 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 Internships • Development of ESE Resources • Website www.oise.utoronto.ca/ese • Free Green Teacher subscription for all ITE students • Library collection being developed

  4. Also related to pre-service • Greening 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

  5. From our Learner Document-graduates from our programs will begin 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.

  6. Want to know more? • See the more detailed slides • Our ESE website; www.oise.utoronto.ca/ese • jane.forbes@utoronto.ca • hilary.inwood@utoronto.ca

  7. 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

  8. Co-curricular Events for ITEBrown bag lunches, optional workshops, events • Project Wild Workshop • Natural Curiosities: ESE in the Primary Years • Nature Storytelling • Trip to the Toronto Zoo • Ecoschools: Integrating Ecoliteracy into TDSB Schools • Getting kids outside: Evergreen Brick Works School Programs • OISE’s EcoFair • Environmental and Sustainability Action in the Classroom • Food Literacy Education: A Recipe for Change! • Indigenous Environmental Philosophies and Knowledge Systems:Connections and Interconnections • FLAP Eco-Art Project

  9. Environmental Learning at OISE • 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)

  10. ESE 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 OISE • develops ESE resources for faculty, staff and students • liaises with other faculties of ed about ESE

  11. Environmental Learning at OISE • Graduate 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)

  12. Greening OISE • led by Jane Forbes and Judith Burt [jane.forbes@utoronto.ca] • Events for students, by students • Walk-in Closets • Used cell phone collection • Eco-Fair in January

  13. Sustainability Advisory Committee • will be led by our new CAO • focuses on OISE’s physical facilities • recent 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

  14. ESE Grad Student Group • led by Erin Sperling • currently working on the creation of a learning garden for OISE

  15. Institute for Child Studies • led by Andrea Cousineau • major ESE project for K-6 finished last year • new book ‘Natural Curiosity’, available online at; http://www.naturalcuriosity.ca/

  16. Environmental Learning at OISE OISE Website for ESE: www.oise.utoronto.ca/ese

  17. ESE Researchers • Erminia Pedretti • Larry Bencze • Jennifer Sumner • Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg • Gary Knowles • Hilary Inwood

  18. To continue the conversation: Jane Forbes jane.forbes@utoronto.ca Hilary Inwood hilary.inwood@utoronto.ca

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