Call for Proposals: Poverty and Environmental Education

Posted by on June 06, 2011

Call for Proposals:  Poverty and Environmental Education issue of Green Teacher

The Green Teacher is now accepting proposals for submissions for a theme-based issue on poverty and “environmental education”. The issue will explore the interaction of economic, social and environmental effects of poverty and sustainability and how different socio-economic classes view sustainable living.  The majority of the issue will focus on more practical and applicable ideas including;
•    action projects which support environmental sustainability within low income communities
•    how to educate middle-class students about poverty and sustainability
•    how to develop curriculum for low income communities which connects economic, social and environmental issues
•    how to support and identify educator competencies within low socioeconomic communities focused on sustainability
•    projects that mediate poverty and social justice at the local or global level
•    projects highlighting emerging pedagogies (place-based methodologies, inquiry, experiential pedagogies) within low socioeconomic communities.

All proposals for submissions are due on or before June 30, 2011.  Those submitting proposals will receive a response by July 8th.   The deadline for final submissions is August 20th,  but earlier submissions will be welcomed, especially from those wanting comments. Proposals and submission are to be submitted to:

Dr. Sheila Giesbrecht, Guest Editor, sheila.giesbrecht@gov.mb.ca

If you are not familiar with Green Teacher, it is a non-profit magazine that helps youth educators enhance environmental and global education inside and outside of schools.  If you  visit  http://www.greenteacher.com, you can peruse the table of contents of recent issues and freely view the digital version of a recent back issue.

All submissions must be:
•    Welcome submissions for working with 6-19 years old age categories inside and outside of schools.  We would like this issue of Green Teacher to provide practical activities for each age level.
•    Formatted and referenced using the most current APA Style.
•    Submitted as a Word document.
•    Preference is given to original, unpublished work, but we welcome work that is under consideration or previously published work.

Types of submissions sought:
Perspective Articles.  (up to 3 articles, 1500-2500 words, including bibliography)
Position pieces intended to stimulate discussion about significant issues related to education, poverty, and environmental sustainability.

Practical Articles and Activities (up to 12 articles, 800-2500 words)
Practical articles and activities with a focus on developing and supporting environmental sustainability within high poverty contexts or educating middle class youth about poverty and the environment.

Book/Curriculum Resource
Please nominate a book, curriculum, resource or education book that you found particularly helpful in addressing this important them.  Please provide bibliographic references, so that we can include them in our listings of the best for this special issue.

I thank you in advance for your interest in this special theme issue of Green Teacher magazine.
Dr. Sheila Giesbrecht, Guest Editor, sheila.giesbrecht@gov.mb.ca