Connecting stories, environment, and culture: An ecological journey from China to Canada and back again

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dc.contributor.authorLi, Xiaonuo
dc.contributor.supervisorThom, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-07T21:17:25Z
dc.date.available2019-02-07T21:17:25Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019-02-07
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education M.Ed.en_US
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental education is crucial to the present and the future of the planet. This study incorporated ecological and cultural thinking into the context of curriculum planning. In this study, I explored theories in environmental education, ecological and systems thinking, and ecojustice education across many research studies. My project shows how culture influences, ways of environmental learning and teaching, and provides Chinese and western Canadian examples. Through personal stories and the use of autoethnography, I examined my embedded cultural perceptions of and my relationship with the natural environment. In doing so, I discovered how ecologically destructive thinking and behaviours are culturally embedded and the importance for educators to be responsive in how to address these cultural patterns in their teaching practices. Inspired by the insights that emerged for me through connecting my stories to the environment and culture, I provide examples to provoke teachers who teach young children to learn about living as a responsibility of being part of the world at large – that is, natural and cultural ecologies.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10597
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectStories
dc.subjectEnvironmental education
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectEcological thinking
dc.titleConnecting stories, environment, and culture: An ecological journey from China to Canada and back againen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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