Abstract: This case study illustrates a cross-curricular learning experience, anchored in standards, where teachers and students actively engaged in co-constructed, inquiry-based learning and design thinking. The particular question this case study addressed was “How might students connect with environmental citizenship in authentic ways through media literacy … [Read more...] about Snacking on Media Literacy: Young Children, Sustainability, and Design in Media Literacy Education
Environmental Education
The Tree of Life (2011), Eco-theology & Film: A Conversation with Prof. George Handley
Movies as Mirrors is a conversation podcast about representation in movies hosted by Benjamin Thevenin, Associate Professor of Media Arts at Brigham Young University. Each episode features a guest who selects a film that reflects a social issue that interests or affects them. On this episode, BYU Professor of Humanities George Handley discusses the 2011 movie The Tree of Life, … [Read more...] about The Tree of Life (2011), Eco-theology & Film: A Conversation with Prof. George Handley
Bella Gaia and the Pedagogical Power of the Overview Effect: An Interview with Kenji Williams
Abstract: Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth) is a performance that combines a world-music inspired soundtrack with projected graphics, animations and video to educate about climate change. A hybrid of art and science, the nonlinear performance is an example of an emerging form of ecomedia in which remote sensing media are used to transform audiences to experience Earth as an organic, … [Read more...] about Bella Gaia and the Pedagogical Power of the Overview Effect: An Interview with Kenji Williams
Connecting Youth, Eco-Media and Resilience in Appalachia
Abstract: In the summer of 2019, the We are All Connected urban-rural youth media program launched Something in Our Water, an eco-media documentary project that investigates the shared problem of water sustainability, public health, and climate change in their communities. This article discusses the transformative experience that the youth from New York City … [Read more...] about Connecting Youth, Eco-Media and Resilience in Appalachia
Teaching for Environmental Justice at the Educational Video Center
Abstract: While teaching about climate change in K-12 schools often focuses on the catastrophic crises it is causing on a global scale, for students from poor and historically marginalized communities a pedagogy of environmental justice centers their own local neighborhoods, schools, and homes as sites for investigation and action. The Educational Video Center (EVC) in New York … [Read more...] about Teaching for Environmental Justice at the Educational Video Center
Strategies and Tactics for Interdisciplinary Experiential Environmental Education and Digital Media Production
Abstract: This essay describes a series of interdisciplinary projects addressing environmental issues in Florida where faculty and students from different departments collaborate on complex problems and produce multimedia work aimed at reaching a public audience. Through a series of brief case studies, a model of interdisciplinary experiential education emerges, … [Read more...] about Strategies and Tactics for Interdisciplinary Experiential Environmental Education and Digital Media Production
For the Love of Nature: Bringing Environmental Justice to Urban Elementary Students
Abstract: This essay explores the role of critical pedagogy in environmental justice education. We discuss the need for teaching a love of nature (biophilia) as an entry point for developing a caring relationship and sense of stewardship with the natural world. Place-based education and ecopedagogy offer liberatory potential to make education more transformative and … [Read more...] about For the Love of Nature: Bringing Environmental Justice to Urban Elementary Students
