ChildhoodNature Place and Pedagogies in Disruption

• In Event: Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: ChildhoodNature Public Scholarship: Disrupting Theory, Methodology, Relationships, and Pedagogies

Abstract

In this presentation we explore a range of pedagogies enacted in diverse cultural contexts with a ChildhoodNature focus. Place is an integral element of ChildhoodNature education (D. Gruenewald, 2003; D. A. Gruenewald & Smith, 2008; Sobel, 2005, 2008); this presentation will represent writing that engages with a depth of pedagogical understandings and a breadth of pedagogical repertoires. The way that ChildhoodNature centric approaches promote critical thinking, problem solving, resilience, adaptability and preparedness in the current and future global uncertainties are considered and discussed in this section. We disrupt current research and thinking about place and pedagogy supported with illustrative vignettes and case studies from a range of educational contexts across India, Australia and Canada.

Authors

• Helen Widdop Quinton, Victoria University

• Laura Piersol, Simon Fraser University

• Neus Evans, James Cook University - Australia