UBC Press Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education book Paperback 148 pages

Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education illustrates how to connect students to the natural world and encourage them to care about a more sustainable, ecologically secure planet. Cultivating ecological understanding requires reimagining the human world as part of, not apart from, nature. Describing the key principles of an approach to teaching called Imaginative Ecological Education (IEE), this book offers a practical guide for all teachers (K–12). It is designed for use with any curriculum to give students opportunities to engage their bodies, emotions, and imaginations in the world around them, thereby making learning meaningful.

Dr. Gillian Judson is a lecturer at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada; one of the directors of the Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG); and coordinator of the Imaginative Ecological Education program (www.ierg.net/iee).