Participation and Learning

PrefaceContributors1. IntroductionAlan Reid, Bjarne B. Jensen, Jutta Nikel, Venka Simovska2. Stepping back from 'the ladder': reflections on a model of participatory work with childrenRoger A. Hart3. Differentiating and evaluating conceptions and examples of participation in environment-related learningAlan Reid and Jutta Nikel4. Learning in and as participation: a case study from health promoting schoolsVenka Simovska5. Environmental learning and categories of interest: exploring modes of participation in a conservation NGOWilliam Scott and Stephen Gough6. Participation and the ecology of environmental awareness and actionLouise Chawla7. Participation, situated culture and practical reason and situated cultureHeila Lotz-Sisitka and Rob O'Donoghue8. From practice to theory: participation as learning in the context of sustainable development projectsPaul Vare9. Participation and sustainable development: the role and challenges of mediating agentsJeppe. Læssøe10. Mental ownership and participation for innovation in environmental education and education for sustainable developmentSøren Breiting11. Participation, education and democracy: implications for environmental education, health education, and education for sustainable developmentKarsten Schnack12. What comes before participation? Searching for meaning in teachers' constructions of participatory learning in environmental educationPaul Hart13. Participatory pedagogy in environmental education: reproduction or disruption?Mary J. Barrett14. Elusive participation: methodological challenges in researching teaching andparticipatory learning in environmental educationPaul Hart15. Student participation in school ground greening initiatives in Canada: reflections on research design decisions and key findingsJanet E. Dyment16. Researching participation using critical discourse analysisDebbie Heck17. Youth participation in local environmental action: an avenue for science and civic learning?Tania M. Schusler and Marianne E.

Alan Reid is a Senior Lecturer in Education and member of the Centre for Research in Education and the Environment, University of Bath. He is the editor of Environmental Education Research, and co-ordinates doctoral programmes in research methods in education and management, and teaches on Masters programmes in environmental education, technologies and learning, and qualitative research approaches. His research interests focus on teachers' thinking and practice in environmental education, and policy-related and philosophical issues in environmental education theory and practice.