Designing Inquiry-Based Curriculum Units in Environmental Education

with Dean Goodwin and Jeannette Adkins

For all teachers
Session II

The purpose of the Institute is to train and empower teachers to become the environmental education leaders of tomorrow. Teachers will learn an effective teaching strategy, will design environmental science units for their classes, and will become energeized and ready to return to their schools to implement curricular change.

By the End of the Workshop, Teachers Will Be Able To:

Incorporate inquiry-based learning strategies into the classroom
Identify, plan, and structure a problem having environmental impact
Develop individual curriculum units that best suit the needs and resources of your school
Empower students to become more active in the learning process
Implement experimental design techniques
Apply this teaching methodology to any science discipline

Institute participants will leave with essential materials, including textbooks and numerous curricular units.

The Facilitators

Dr. Dean Goodwin is the Director of the Environmental Education Department at Kimball Union Academy. He is on the Advanced Placement Environmental Science Development Committee, and has authored numerous publications regarding environmental education, including the latest teachers' guide for the Advanced Placement course.

Jeannette Adkins is the former chair of science at Christchurch School in Virginia. Her master's work focused on the development of student centered, problem-based learning curricular units.

Both teachers use this student-focused, inquiry-based approach in their classrooms. Together, they have designed a successful format for sharing this process with other teachers ranging from kindergarten to college. This workshop has been presented numerous times to teachers from all over the country.

Previous Participants Have Said:

"...an excellent opportunity to write an incredibly effective unit."

"Thus workshop will help change your teching methods for the betterment of your students..."

"I feel energized and excited about returning to school and using the units we developed."

"This is a magnificent way to learn a new teaching strategy."

Contact the Facilitators

Dean Goodwin
dgoodwin@kua.org

Jeannette Adkins
jadkins@christchurchschool.org

Apply now and receive "early admission discounts!"

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