Civic Engagement for Environmental Issues (CEEI)
CEEI is the overlapping of what two domains?
What is Civic Engagement and Environmental Education.
Deliberative discussion provides the opportunity for _.
What is join together with others to work towards reasoned public judgement.
Communities with actively engaged citizens are shown to be what?
What is stronger, more resilient, more equitable, and more economically sound?
Environmental education has a tendency for this.
What is individualism?
This is at the heart of what CEEI attempts to do.
What is building capacity for civic participation in policy-level decision-making?
Participants may leave with deliberative discussions with what?
What are deeper understanding of issues, its tensions, insight into different points of view, tradeoffs.
For which age group does civic engagement show to improve social-emotional development and academic performance?
What is youth?
The main goal of action competence is to do what for students?
What is build up students abilities to act with reference to environmental concerns?
This instructional approach involves learners identifying who has power in their community, and what will move those in power to action.
What is power mapping?
Deliberative discussion positions citizens for what actions?
What are individual and collective actions?
What does environmental citizenship include that goes beyond pro-environmental actions and behaviors?
What is collective and participatory decision-making in an effort to promote the common good?
Without action competence, one cannot become rich in what?
What is experiences?
This instructional approach involves learners exploring their community, building relationships, and gaining direct experience.
What is place-based education?
In the Catholic Parish case study, participants left with an awareness of what?
What is an awareness that they shared similar concerns?
This is an area of opportunity for environmental citizenship.
What is environmental education programming for older adults?
What must be the focus of the action(s)?
What is a focus on solutions towards the problem, from a change perspective?
Who might push back at CEEI and why?
What is parents, school boards, and/or community leaders due to the potential controversial subjects covered?
Name a few of the steps in the how-to guide for developing student-led action projects from the Earth Force case study.
1. Environmental Inventories. 2. Decide on an issue to work on. 3. Conduct research on relevant policies and community practices. 4. Pick a strategy to change the relevant policies. 5. Action. 6. Celebration and recognition of student work.
Name a few civic engagement-related outcomes from EE programs.
Social cohesion, community well-being, civic knowledge and understanding, civic attitudes and dispositions, civic skills, civic action.
Name a few of the aspects of action competence.
Knowledge/insight, commitment, vision, action experiences.