Introducing a fifth pedagogy: experience-based strategies for facilitating learning in natural environments

Authors: Ballantyne, Roy; Packer, Jan

Source: Environmental Education Research, Volume 15, Number 2, April 2009 , pp. 243-262(20)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Educators have identified four categories of 'productive pedagogies' that are considered to lead to authentic student engagement and learning in the classroom. This study was designed to explore and extend these pedagogies in the context of learning in natural environments, in particular, through the programmes of Queensland environmental education centres. In-depth interview and observation data were collected from students, classroom teachers and centre teachers who had participated in 12 environmental education programmes across Queensland, in order to identify the strategies that are most effective in facilitating learning in the natural environment. A fifth productive pedagogy category, 'experience-based learning', is proposed. Experience-based learning is particularly important in addressing students' environmental attitudes and actions. The implications for the delivery of environmental education programmes both within and outside the classroom are discussed.

Keywords: pedagogy; school students; experiential learning; learning in natural environments

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504620802711282

Affiliations: 1: University of Queensland, School of Tourism, St Lucia, Australia

Publication date: 2009-04-01

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