Ecological education is becoming a major area of interest worldwide and schools are
increasingly being called upon to address global and local ecological concerns. Unfortunately
most teachers have limited or no training in the knowledge and skills required to support their
students' sense of connection to the natural world. Moreover they have been trained to teach
in ways that often marginalize the imagination in learning. This book illustrates how
imagination and the development of ecological understanding are closely connected. It offers
teachers a practical guide to teaching in ecological and imaginative ways - needed support to
establishing more ecologically-oriented education in all classrooms. As imagination takes a
central position in schools all teaching and learning can improve as a result.
