David Orr's "Earth in Mind"

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This paper explores the environmental issue reflected in the cross-disciplinary theory for ecological education within the junior high and high school levels of education. The author points out that, by understanding the problem of traditional disciplinary methods of education, a comparative analysis can help one understand the ramifications of separate fields of study for ecological school curricula. The paper relates that David Orr in "Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment and The Human Prospect" presents critical issues in cross-disciplinary education to forge a new cooperation between branches of science in relation to understanding the Earth's ecological systems.

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This educational study will focus on the use of cross-disciplinary theory in environmental studies to help bring about a change to disciplinary methods within Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment and The Human Prospect by David Orr. By understanding this position within modern educational curricula, one can reflect how other theorists approach this growing problem and how it can be changed. Through Orr's perspective on education a far more cross-disciplinary application for ecology should be applied, reflecting a more collective approach in crossing boundaries within disciplinary formats. David Orr relates in his book the prime objective of learning to create a far more universal approach to education within approaching pedagogical disciplinary methods within different fields (Orr 113).

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