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~ A Wiki for Environmental-Education~
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 * Environmental education** refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural environments function and, particularly, how human beings can manage their behavior and [|ecosystems] in order to [|live sustainably].

//• Encompasses multiple disciplines by authentically connecting fields of knowledge.// //• Promotes higher order thinking skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision making.// //• Increases motivation by offering a real world context for learning and providing academic service-learning opportunities.// //• Engages learners in investigative, student-centered, and cooperative learning processes.// //• Advances educational reform goals.// //• Promotes continuous lifelong learning.// //• Develops environmentally literate citizens//.
 * Environmental Education in a Nutshell:**

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=About This Space= This site was made as part of the M.A.T. Field Project for the University of San Francisco ~ A Wiki for Environmental-Education~ A Wiki for Environmental Education Project Proposal Page; June 2007. This space is currently set to **public**.

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