Jardine


 * Environmental Stewardship **

Gail Jardine - Social Studies Council Once, I asked my son why he thought global warming, loss of biodiversity, pollution, and the increasing scarcity of fresh water, fertile soils, and safe food are so prevalent. He said, “I think your generation forgot to look and my generation is too afraid to look.” As a teacher, my son’s answer was a call to deep thought about our habitual actions in societies around the globe. Together this workshop, we will explore some of the cultural lenses that lead us to largely ignore the effects we are having on the health of all life on Earth, explore alternative understandings of the relationship to nature that we need to teach our students, and work together in detail on what needs to change in various Social Studies units if we are to successfully teach our students to be effective stewards of Earth.
 * About the Presenter: **

Gail Jardine is a teacher educator in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary. Her passions are environmental education, ecological teaching, early childhood education, philosophy, and social studies. Gail is also the current editor of the ATA Social Studies Council Journal, One World in Dialogue. 

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