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Environmentalism in the creative writing classroom.
Abstract
While the study of environmental topics has broadened over the last fifteen years, the word "environment" has narrowed. Spring 2003, I changed the name and focus of an environmental literature class to "Writing About Place" in order to broaden understanding of what "environment" means. The goal was to facilitate deep learning through students' active engagement in the learning process. Through surveys and anecdotes, I show that most students achieved deep learning. While at the start of the term students seemed ambivalent about environmentalism, in four months, they had achieved a deeper understanding of the issues and a strong emotional, value-based ...
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