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Ecological Education: Reflection and Praxis
in the Context
of Drought in Chihuahua
Editor:
Sara Soledad García
sgarcia@scu.edu
2005
Institute of Ecología, A.C.
Rustic cover, size 17 x 23 cm
ISBN
970-709-057-X
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
This book is a unique and
penetrating analysis of an action research project that investigates the
scientific, socio-geographic and educational ramifications of drought in
Chihuahua and one of its communities. The project is a blended
study that illustrates how research and theory of learning can be
combined with scientific knowledge. The intent is to gain a better
comprehension of drought as a complex problem that requires attention
from members of the community in multiple institutional roles. The
work of this volume is unique, original and should be of interest to a
wide audience of educators, scientist and public relations analysts in
Mexico and internationally.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Sara
Soledad García
Professor Sara S. Garcia completed her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology
at UC-Santa Barbara specializing in language development, cognition and
learning theory. While at UCSB she supervised teacher credential
candidates, and held the position of lecturer in the Department of
Chicano Studies. Professor Garcia worked as a consultant during the late
1970s and early 1980s with the California State Department of Education
in linguistic assessment and is co-author of the Glossary of Bilingual
Education Terms, an ERIC publication. She has published numerous
articles and book chapters on teachers cultural knowledge and self-narrative
inquiry. Professor Garcia has conducted work in action research projects
in collaboration with other teacher educators and has a special interest
in, ballad studies and the intersection of culture, self-identity and
social interaction theory applied to education. A Fulbright scholar,
professor Garcia has conducted an interdisciplinary action research
project with school teachers and ecology researchers based on Vygotskian
theory in a community in Mexicos northern desert region by using drought
as a symbolic context. Two of her most notable publications appear in
the Journal of Folklore Research (1994) and a collaborative study in the
Journal of Communication Education (1997).
Most recently, Dr. Garcia interests are on collaborative scholarship
with an emphasis on environmental education and ethics in ecology. At
Santa Clara University Dr. Garcia directed the Teacher Education Program
for seven years and created the Masters in Interdisciplinary Education.
She also received grants from Stanford Universitys Service Learning
Collaborative, and the Irvine Foundation. These provided the basis for
the integration of the community-based component in the teacher
credential program at SCU with an emphasis on critical pedagogy and
collaborative faculty activities. Professor Garcia has been to El
Salvador with the SCU Faculty Delegation and has presented professional
papers in Mexico, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Hungary.
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