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自慰视频 professor named Outstanding Educator for environmental literacy

A Lynn Hoekstra Project Learning Tree class.
自慰视频 Professor of Education, Dr. Lynn Hoekstra

Dr. Lynn Hoekstra

自慰视频 Professor loves to inspire and equip future educators to teach their students with joy and creativity.

It鈥檚 that kind of spirit and her desire to show children how to be good stewards of the earth that earned her the title of 2019 (PLT) Jerry L. Shrum Outstanding Educator of the Year. Project Learning Tree is a nationwide environmental education program that uses trees and forests to advance environmental literacy and promotes stewardship to students. It also fosters professional development among the educators who use it.

Hoekstra is a professor of education and undergraduate Program director at CIU. She has included PLT Early Childhood curriculum in her syllabus for the past four years, introducing dozens of future teachers and thousands of future students to environmental education.

Hoekstra says she is humbled by the recognition.听

鈥淧rotecting the natural world is our God-given responsibility and such a privilege!鈥 Hoekstra said.听鈥淚 am blessed to teach at CIU where I can train teachers so that their students will be inspired to ask questions, become aware, and take seriously their role as caretakers of this precious environment.鈥

Hoekstra grew up on a family farm in Illinois where she first learned to treat the environment with respect. As a middle school teacher in Michigan, she developed an appreciation for the habitat and landscape of the Lake Michigan dunes where she led student field trips. She has also lived in southern California where she became more aware of conserving water and green space.

Hoekstra says she appreciates PLT鈥檚 goal of teaching students how to think, not what to think.听

I want (teachers) to be inquisitive and creative in their own learning so that their students will be motivated to ask questions and actively engage in learning activities,鈥 Hoekstra said. 鈥淟earning is best when the whole body is involved, so I try to incorporate movement and hands-on discovery activities and encourage my teacher education students to do the same.鈥

Hoekstra will accept the award on Nov. 8 at the annual meeting of the held on the Isle of Palms.

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