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An Improbable International Collaboration: Finding Common Ground

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Part of the book series: Environmental Discourses in Science Education ((EDSE,volume 3))

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Consider this a story about scholarly collaboration with a twist. The scholars live and work on opposite sides of the globe – one in Canada, the other in Egypt – and they have only ever communicated via digital media. Nonetheless, they have discovered a shared passion that fuels their work: to prepare teacher candidates to bring curiosity, wonder, dedication and a sense of caring for people and for natural environments into their classrooms. Presented in three parts, the authors share the circumstances and development of their initial collaborative environmental education project, and they reflect on the benefits and obstacles of their continued partnership. Finally, they discuss how they each interpret environmental education in their two different educational spheres.

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  1. Nipissing University, 100 College Drive, Box 5002, North Bay, ON, P1B 8L7, Canada

    Astrid Steele

  2. Beni–Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

    Wafaa Mohammed Moawad Abd–El–Aal

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Giuliano Reis

  2. School of Education, Nipissing University , North Bay, Ontario, Canada

    Jeff Scott

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Steele, A., Abd–El–Aal, W.M.M. (2018). An Improbable International Collaboration: Finding Common Ground. In: Reis, G., Scott, J. (eds) International Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Environmental Education: A Reader. Environmental Discourses in Science Education, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67732-3_14

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