WHYS AND WAYS GROUP ACTIVITIES CAN BE USED IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
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Earlier this century, a group of Southeast Asian educators produced an “English via Environmental Education” textbook for undergraduates at universities in Indonesia, an emerging economy. Now, taking into account the important role of digital learning and the ever-worsening climate crisis, the book has been revised and is being made available for free online to increase its use throughout Indonesia and internationally. The present article uses the book's activities as a model for why and how to integrate student-student interaction in environmental education (EE). Despite challenges, including unequal learning opportunities, peer dependency, time constraints, difficulties in individual assessment, and competitive academic cultures; the textbook illustrates that cooperation, whether on a small or large scale, makes a meaningful difference. The article advocates for the implementation of cooperative learning activities in EE to empower students as agents of change in building a more sustainable world and future for all.
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