Walking My Talk as an Intentional, Embodied, (Co)constructed Environmental Educator Peta J. White 2013, Walking My Talk as an Intentional, Embodied, (Co)constructed Environmental Educator, Ph. D. thesis, School of Education, Deakin University and University of Regina. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Walking My Talk as an Intentional, Embodied, (Co)constructed Environmental Educator Author Peta J. White Institution Deakin University University of Regina School School of Education Faculty Faculty of Arts and Education Degree name Ph. D. Thesis advisor Hart, Paul Date submitted 2013-04 Keyword(s) Environmental education, Transformative learning, Behavior modification, Change (Psychology) Summary Exploring the question (how) can I use personal change to inspire educational and social/cultural change, this work was embodied and action orientated with a thesis that the doing (action) is as important as the thinking and talking about it. A three-dimensional model of exploring personal change through transformative education leading to social/cultural change was employed throughout this research. A critical poststructural ecofeminist frame undergirded an autoethnographic self-study where I changed my living practices to become more sustainable while living within society, and used this as a platform for how I could become a better environmental educator and activist. I reduced my ecological footprint from 16.4HA to 1.8HA and taught a pre-service teacher course in environmental education, where I explored student resistances, power and relationships, a critique of curriculum, and personal change as a result of transformative education. One particular pedagogical strategy, the Action Learning Group Project, was developed and used to support others to undergo personal change through transformative education leading to social/cultural change. And finally, I use this work as an opportunity to undertake environmental education activism working to generate social/cultural change. Field of Research 130202 Socio Economic Objective 970113 Copyright notice ©The author Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30061010 Document type: Thesis Collection: School of Education   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sun, 23 Feb 2014, 17:57:55 EST Mon, 12 May 2014, 11:45:19 EST Mon, 12 May 2014, 11:56:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 47 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sun, 23 Feb 2014, 17:57:40 EST by Peta White

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