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In this chapter we describe our emerging approach to learning (learning ecology), provide examples of teaching/learning in tertiary and community settings that illustrate this approach, and discuss its implications for transformative learning relevant to raising the level of ecological consciousness.
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Hill, S.B., Wilson, S., Watson, K. (2004). Learning Ecology. A New Approach to Learning and Transforming Ecological Consciousness. In: O’Sullivan, E.V., Taylor, M.M. (eds) Learning Toward an Ecological Consciousness: Selected Transformative Practices. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-8238-4_4
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