Wolves, Ptarmigan, and Lake Trout: Critical Elements of a Northern Canadian Place-Conscious Pedagogy
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| Title: | Wolves, Ptarmigan, and Lake Trout: Critical Elements of a Northern Canadian Place-Conscious Pedagogy |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Asfeldt, Morten, Urberg, Ingrid, Henderson, Bob |
| Source: | Canadian Journal of Environmental Education. 2009 14(1):33-41. |
| Availability: | Lakehead University and Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. Lakehead University Faculty of Education, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada. Fax: 807-346-7771; e-mail: cjee@lakeheadu.ca; Web site: http://cjee.lakeheadu.ca |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, Environmental Education, Educational Benefits, Travel, Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Studies, Experiential Learning, Animals, Outdoor Education, Food, Observation, Course Descriptions |
| Geographic Terms: | Canada |
| ISSN: | 1205-5352 |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the pedagogical benefits of combining remote winter wilderness travel and homestead living with reading, writing, and listening to personal narratives from the expedition region. A co-taught interdisciplinary university course will be used as a case study to demonstrate the ways in which this approach aids in developing place-consciousness--an awareness of storied landscapes--as well as the skills and mentality required for directly living with the land. It is our hope that the interdisciplinary content and experiential pedagogy employed in this course will enable students to re-establish vital relationships with nature that have been lost in our increasingly urban and technologically dominated lives. We will also discuss the use of uncommon and potentially controversial practices in our program such as fishing and hunting for food, and observing the skinning of wolves, that we believe are important elements of becoming genuinely place-conscious in the region of the Canadian north we study and visit. Tensions between our stated philosophies and actual practices are also revealed and examined. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 20 |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Access URL: | https://cjee.lakeheadu.ca/ |
| Accession Number: | EJ842738 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the pedagogical benefits of combining remote winter wilderness travel and homestead living with reading, writing, and listening to personal narratives from the expedition region. A co-taught interdisciplinary university course will be used as a case study to demonstrate the ways in which this approach aids in developing place-consciousness--an awareness of storied landscapes--as well as the skills and mentality required for directly living with the land. It is our hope that the interdisciplinary content and experiential pedagogy employed in this course will enable students to re-establish vital relationships with nature that have been lost in our increasingly urban and technologically dominated lives. We will also discuss the use of uncommon and potentially controversial practices in our program such as fishing and hunting for food, and observing the skinning of wolves, that we believe are important elements of becoming genuinely place-conscious in the region of the Canadian north we study and visit. Tensions between our stated philosophies and actual practices are also revealed and examined. |
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| ISSN: | 1205-5352 |
