The Holy Oak School of Art and Ecology: A Proposal for Arts-Based Environmental Education Programming
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Date
2021-11-23
Authors
Best, Krysta
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University of Oregon
Abstract
The following is a proposal for arts-based environmental education programming in elementary schools, after-school programs, and day-camp programs, entitled the Holy School of Art and Ecology. Ecophenomenological, arts-based environmental education (AEE) takes a step in another direction and encourages learners to consider non-scientific or non-naturalistic elements of the natural world, like the aesthetic/affective as well as the ethical. Practitioners of AEE teach according to an educational philosophy that values and prioritizes embodied experience and aesthetic engagement, which enables learners to develop or continually develop their ecological selves.