Abstract
Environmental service-learning offers a relevant authentic learning experience that also benefits the community. This instructional method engages students in citizenship through the development of metacognitive, decision-making, research, and community-building skills that meet the goals of both science and environmental education. Incorporating environmental service-learning into teacher education coursework can enhance the teachers’ environmental, disciplinary, and pedagogical content knowledge. This chapter explores the history, theory, and use of service-learning as it relates to environmental education and teacher preparation. Also discussed are environmental service-learning models and specific project examples from the authors’ experiences with the hope that readers will consider implementing service-learning as an instructional technique in their classrooms.
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Phillipson-Mower, T., Adams, A.D. (2010). Environmental Education Service-Learning in Science Teacher Education. In: Bodzin, A., Shiner Klein, B., Weaver, S. (eds) The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9222-9_5
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