Influence on Nature Pedagogies and Storytelling Assignment
Part A: Analyse one nature philosophy from the unit
Choose one nature philosophy described in the unit (i.e. social ecology, ecofeminism, Indigenous perspectives or posthumanism).
The following questions offer a guide for your analysis
What is the worldview (ontology) of this philosophy? What are some of the key concepts explored in this philosophy? How does it align with nature pedagogies? How does this influence your beliefs and actions concerning nature pedagogies? Part B: Describe one nature methodology from the unit
The following questions offer a guide for your analysis
How does this methodology align with your chosen philosophy? What are some of the key methods explored in this methodology? How does it align with nature pedagogies? How will it help you plan your storytelling experience? Now consider how you will integrate the philosophy and methodology you have analysed into a storytelling experience.
Stories support understandings of key ideas that can evoke empathy for another perspective and raise ethical questions about animal welfare, caring for environments, or how species share (or don’t share) resources. Make sure your story includes intentional teaching about your topic. For example, it may be about teaching children about the concept of water conservation, or extending what children and teachers already know about the life of birds.
Your storytelling experience from a nature-focused topic could be
with puppets fictional or factual or a combination of both with story props such as small figurines, story stones or open-ended materials from a book that you create with text and illustrations from a published picture book where you add elements to make it a told story and not read, such as adapting the story and use of songs, poetry and props.
