Encourage teachers to include the following elements in their environmental education programs:

• Flexible curriculum
• Collaborative learning environments
• Students’ bearing the consequences of the behavior
• Teacher competency in listening and questioning
• Diverse instructional strategies
• Resourcefulness in accessing resources
• Creativity, especially in knowledge of how to do without,
• Facilitation skills
• Ability to make connections
• Understanding of local-to-global connections
• Ability to integrate curricula
• Using personal/student strengths/passions
• Experiential teaching orientation
• Cooperative and inclusive learning
• Nurturing a sense of place
• Consistent can-do vision
• Infectious passion for EE and teaching in general
• Humor in the classroom
• Practice of environmentally responsible behavior
• Risk taking Recharging oneself

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The learning experience: Is facilitated by quality instructors who have been trained in effective teaching methods and are supported by the program sponsor.

Citation: May, T. S. (2000). Elements of success in environmental education through practitioner eyes. The Journal of Environmental Education, 31(3), 4-11.
Citation Type: Research