The Ecology of School -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING -- INTRODUCTION -- EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY -- Education for Sustainable Development -- Environmental Learning -- Learning in the Context of Place-bound Communities -- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- Participatory Action Research -- Consultative Methods -- 'Working' Meetings and Focus Groups -- Political Context -- RESULTS OF THE CONSULTATION -- Environmental Learning on Bowen Island -- Teaching and Learning Principles -- Principles of Conceptualizing Environment -- DISCUSSION - CONCEPTUALIZING 'ENVIRONMENT' IN CURRICULUM -- Principle One: Complexity (Life on Earth Depends on, and It Part of, Complex Systems) -- Principle Two: Aesthetics (Environmental Awareness Enables Students to Develop an Aesthetic Appreciation) -- Principle Three: Responsibility (Human Decisions and Actions have Environmental Consequences) -- Principle Four: Ethics (The Study of the Environment Enables Students to Develop an Environmental Ethic) -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 2. PLACE-BASED EDUCATION IN PRACTICE -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING -- CRITICAL PEDAGOGY -- CONSTRUCTIVISM -- SENSE OF PLACE -- PLACE-ATTACHMENT AND STEWARDSHIP -- PLACE-BASED EDUCATION IN PRACTICE -- PLACE-BASED EDUCATION ON BOWEN ISLAND -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 3. DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT -- DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT -- Location of Research: The Place -- REFLECTIONS AND RESULTS -- Early Developments -- Seaquaria in Schools Program -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 4. HOW MANY COLOURS OF GREEN? AN UNFOLDING OF PLACE-BASED CURRICULUM IN AN ISLAND COMMUNITY -- INTRODUCTION -- "THE FORTS" -- CULTIVATING 'TEACHER LEADERS' -- THE 'TEACHING TRAILS' PROJECT: DISCOVERING THE NATURE OF AN ISLAND COMMUNITY.

THE QUEST PROJECT: A GRADUATE STUDENT'S LESSON -- THE 'BEACH BUCKETS' PROJECT: A POWERFUL CONNECTION TO PLACE -- GETTING AT THE HEART OF 'PLACE-BASED EDUCATION' -- THE LEGACY -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: WHAT HAS BOWEN ISLAND TAUGHT YOU? -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 5. LOCAL WONDERS -- JOURNALING -- QUESTING -- WONDER -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 6. THE MORAL PURPOSE OF SCHOOLING: AN ADMINISTRATOR'S PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MORAL PURPOSE OF EDUCATION -- SETTING AND SUSTAINING THE MORAL PURPOSE -- Setting the Moral Purpose -- So How Was This Done? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 7. BUILT ENVIRONMENTS: GREEN SPACES AS A SILENT TEACHER -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- ANALYSIS -- RESULTS -- PART 1: VISUAL INQUIRY -- Response to Assignment In Focus Group -- Visible Trends in the Drawings -- Notable Elements in Drawings -- Summary of Data Analysis of Student Drawings -- PART 2: INTERVIEWS -- Data Analysis of Interviews -- FUTURE RESEARCH AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY -- Future Research -- Implications for Educators -- Implications for Those Who Influence the Design of Schools -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 8. DEVELOPING SMILES: EVALUATING PLACE-BASED LEARNING -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY -- Environmental Learning Re-visited -- Study of Learning Environments -- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- Participatory Action Research -- Development of the Original PLACES Instrument -- Final Scales and Item Structure -- Validation Information for the SMILES Instrument -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- EPILOGUE -- REFLECTIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING -- REFLECTIONS ON PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH -- AFFILIATION.