Term
Spring 2022
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAED: NSEE
Facilitator(s)
Jennifer Carlson
Content Expert
Amanda Hayes
Abstract
Eco-grief, the feeling of sadness, loss, or bereavement caused by environmental degradation and destruction, is an increasingly widespread phenomenon as ecological issues such as climate change are widely acknowledged. Children, with their limited agency, are vulnerable to feelings of helplessness and may develop maladaptive coping mechanisms, while educators often struggle to discuss environmental topics that prompt negative emotions. Drawing on best practices from the field of death education, this project examines ways of making meaning and outlines a new set of best practices for environmental educators to assuage students' eco-grief as well as their own, answering the question of: How can environmental educators apply best practices from death education to help children make meaning from eco-grief?
Project Type
Website Creation
Keywords
Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Teaching, Science, Teachers/ Teaching
Recommended Citation
Loisel, Gabrielle, "Death Education In Environmental Education: Making Meaning From Children's Eco-Grief" (2022). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 804.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/804
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text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
dc_source
School of Education Student Capstone Projects