Ecopedagogies

Ellen Bayer is an Associate Professor of Environmental Arts and Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma, USA.Judson Byrd Finley is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Utah State University, USA.

• 1. Out of the Classroom and into the Wild: Ecopedagogies in Action, 2. Composing with Infrastructures: Parapersonal Pedagogies for Environmental Humanities Classrooms, 3. Field Journaling in the Wild: Defamiliarizing Everyday Environments in Environmental Humanities Courses, 4. Go Boldly!: Empowering Students to Find their Stories in the Wild, 5. The World in a Pond: Multispecies Encounters and a Map for Confluent Classrooms, 6. Saunter like Muir: Eco-Challenges and Experience Projects in Introductory Environmental Ethics, 7. Decolonizing Outdoor Education: Reading Muir in Alaska and Fly Fishing on Lingít Aaní, 8. Nature Revisited: Ecopedagogy in an English-Physical Education Learning Community, 9. From Dinosaur to Bears Ears: Engaging Utah’s Public Lands Via Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Experiential Learning, 10. Connections, Relationships, and the Land: An Anthropology Field School, 11. Learning to Think like a Factory, 12. Embodiment and More-Than-Human Topographies: A Praxis Tool for Reconfiguring Sense of Place in the Anthropocene in Online and Limited Residency Higher Education, 13. Inhabiting Sounds: Soundscape Ecology in a First-Year Seminar, 14. Teaching Animal Texts: American Environmental Literature’s Ability to Connect Students to Animals and Wildlife through Observation, 15. To the Zoo!, 16. Paradox of Hope: Cultivating a Restorative Educational Ethic in a World on Fire

"The digital pivot in post-pandemic education refocuses the perennial problem of 'getting students out of the classroom and into the wild.' As the classroom morphs in ways that ignore habitat—both the inner and the outer wilds—we need models, leaders, and guides to remind us to pay attention to where we are, and to learn how to be here with others—human and more-than-human. Bayer and Finley’s clear prose and diverse roster of contributors provides helpful and inspiring guidance for both seasoned guides and for those taking their first steps into the field." David Greenwood, Lakehead University, Canada"Ecopedagogies provides a diverse set of humanistic and interdisciplinary approaches to place-based experiential education within colleges and universities, which highlight the humane promise of learning with and from other species, as well as the land itself. A resourceful tool for those attempting to explore the terra nullius of contemporary ecoliteracy."Richard Kahn, Antioch University, USA"Rich in both practical advice and wise reflection, this volume is a treasure trove of ideas and encouragement for all who seek to embed learning within the wild community of life. I came away from reading both inspired and invigorated."David George Haskell, The University of the South, USA "[This] is the book I wish I’d had two decades ago when I was an English teacher at a community college, and a science colleague and I began taking students on field trips. This wide-ranging collection provides philosophical grounding for getting students out of the classroom, offers a variety of curricular approaches ranging from A(laska) to Z(oos), and is packed with practical advice, such as 'define field loosely' and 'meet your students where they are.' Importantly, it addresses head-on questions of inclusion, access, and privilege, pointing out that place-based pedagogies that center student experience through reflection connect students with place and with each other, and what it means to me 'in relation.' This timely collection ends with a chapter titled 'Cultivating a Restorative Educational Ethic in a World on Fire,' reminding us that the stakes are high and the time is short. This is an indispensable field guide for teaching in the 21st century." Holly J. Hughes, Co-editor of Contemplative Approaches to Sustainability in Higher Education: Theory & Practice (Routledge, 2017)