Effective Approaches to Human Ecology Education

Effective Approaches to Human Ecology Education

Edited by Daniela J. Shebitz, Elizabeth A. Olson, and Steve Wolverton

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Abstract: Effective Approaches to Human Ecology Education is a book of reflective essays written by ethnobiologists who share their creative approaches to helping students learn to recognize and understand connections between society and the environment. In this compilation, scholar-educators share concrete examples of exercises intended for other educators to glean and borrow from. As the contributors in this volume express, there are many nuances to finding effective pedagogical techniques for delivering content in human ecology and ethnobiology to diverse student groups and campuses. Authors describe exercises with which they have successfully reached students through indoor lectures, seminars, and laboratory settings as well as outdoor fieldwork. In addition, the authors provide personal narratives about why they developed these approaches, why they have worked, limitations of the exercises, and what they have learned through implementation. Topics covered in the book range from human ecology education in national parks to capstone experiences in environmental justice, writing seminars, outdoor plant walks, campus medicinal plant inventories, urban tree surveys, and more.

Contents

• Effective Approaches to Human Ecology Education
  Daniela J. Shebitz, Elizabeth A. Olson, and Steve Wolverton
  
  
• Chapter 1. Jumpstart, Our National Parks: Using Local Resources and High Impact Educational Practices to Teach Human Ecology in Integrated General Education
  Elizabeth A. Olson and William H. Heyborne
  
  
• Chapter 2. Caw Connections: Observing & Writing About Crows in College
  Denise M. Glover
  
  
• Chapter 3. Working with Indigenous Elders in Biology and Chemistry University Courses
  Fidji Gendron, Vincent Ziffle, and Nametha Srikanthan
  
  
• Chapter 4. Experiential Herbal Medicine Lesson
  Amanda Thiel
  
  
• Chapter 5.The Mandala Exercise for Increasing Ecological Understanding
  Steve Wolverton
  
  
• Chapter 6. Using the Management of Urban Trees to Teach Conservation Biogeography
  Lisa Nagaoka
  
  
• Chapter 7. Getting into the Weeds with Experiential Learning: Discovering Where Medicinal Plants Grow
  John Richard Stepp
  
  
• Chapter 8. Culture, Ecology, and Health in Mesoamerica: An Online Lesson
  Amanda M. Thiel and Marsha B. Quinlan
  
  
• Chapter 9. Training Environmental Professionals through a Collaborative Experiential Learning Capstone
  Daniela J. Shebitz and Michael Edelstein
  
  
• Appendix 1. Elk Hide Tanning Activity
  Fidji Gendron, Vincent Ziffle, and Nametha Srikanthan
  
  
• Appendix 2. Sage Hand Salve—Traditional Plant Uses Activity
  Fidji Gendron, Vincent Ziffle, and Nametha Srikanthan
  
  
• Appendix 3.Porcupine Quill Bookmark Activity
  Fidji Gendron, Vincent Ziffle, and Nametha Srikanthan
  
  
• Appendix 4.Lesson 1: Culture and Ecology in Mesoamerica
  Amanda M. Thiel and Marsha B. Quinlan
  
  
• Appendix 5.Lesson 2: Health and Plants among the Maya of Guatemala
  Amanda M. Thiel and Marsha B. Quinlan
  
  
• Appendix 6. Assignment: Development of Traditional Medicine and Use of Medicinal Plants in Maya Guatemala
  Amanda M. Thiel and Marsha B. Quinlan
  
  
• Author Biographies