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Teacher educators' significant life experiences: Stories and reflections from the Environmental Educators' Initiative (EEI) in China.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Teacher educators' significant life experiences: Stories and reflections from the Environmental Educators' Initiative (EEI) in China./
Author:	Ji, Xia.
Description:	168 p.
Notes:	Advisers: John J. Cogan; Fred N. Finley.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-08A.
Subject:	Education, Curriculum and Instruction. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3279680
ISBN:	9780549209751

Teacher educators' significant life experiences: Stories and reflections from the Environmental Educators' Initiative (EEI) in China.
Ji, Xia.

Teacher educators' significant life experiences: Stories and reflections from the Environmental Educators' Initiative (EEI) in China. - 168 p.

Advisers: John J. Cogan; Fred N. Finley.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2007.

The goal of this study is to gain an in-depth understanding of some Chinese educators' life experiences that are sources of their environmental consciousness and involvement in environmental education work. This study is qualitative, descriptive, and adopted the autobiographical inquiry approach. Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with 14 teacher educators from 12 universities in China. Grounded theory guided data analysis and interpretation.

ISBN: 9780549209751Subjects--Topical Terms:

576301
Education, Curriculum and Instruction.

Teacher educators' significant life experiences: Stories and reflections from the Environmental Educators' Initiative (EEI) in China.
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520 $a The goal of this study is to gain an in-depth understanding of some Chinese educators' life experiences that are sources of their environmental consciousness and involvement in environmental education work. This study is qualitative, descriptive, and adopted the autobiographical inquiry approach. Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with 14 teacher educators from 12 universities in China. Grounded theory guided data analysis and interpretation.
520 $a This study revealed that several paths were followed by the 14 participants to become involved in environmental education (EE) work. Most of them had never been involved in EE work until their involvement in the Environmental Educators' Initiative (EEI) in China. Overall, five Level I Categories and five Level II Categories of significant life experiences (SLE) emerged from the interviews. Among the Level I Categories, participants' experience and perception of environmental degradation played a most significant role in awakening their environmental consciousness. For the majority (n=11) of participants, their educational background combined with a job opportunity or job arrangement played a significant role in their involvement in EE work.
520 $a However, most participants did not choose what they wanted to study in college, but were assigned to a certain department and major. The EEI project served as a significant event for most study participants as it gave them a chance to formalize EE and provided an opportunity to apply EE theory into practice. Self-knowledge and concern for social issues were two new categories of SLE. Unlike findings from the existing SLE literature, outdoor experience did not turn out to be a most significant influence on these participants' environmental consciousness even though over half of them (n=8) mentioned such experiences. In most cases (n=12), participants' environmental consciousness did not lead to their pursuit of EE work.
520 $a There were three compelling themes regarding participants' SLE, namely, serendipity, (meaning 'since I am already here I will make the best out of the situation'), and a strong sense of responsibility toward the environment and toward EE work. Study findings have potential implications for EE educators and for environmental citizenship education.
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