Using hermeneutic phenomenology to aid the reader ‘experience’ the data collected, this study reports on 18 college students, 4 staff members and the author's trip to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef. It is a story of the (re)discovery of the social and natural ecologies that bind us together, and of how explicit teaching and learning about these ecologies can make a difference to young people's abilities to consciously be part of, contribute to, and sustain these ecologies. A grounded theory of five dimensions of giving (to self, others, communities, environment, and the whole) is offered as a beginning framework from which to imbue teaching and learning with meaning and social concern.

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通过为学生福祉和参与提供课程连接社会和自然生态

使用解释现象学帮助读者“体验”收集的数据，本研究报告了 18 名大学生、4 名工作人员以及作者前往大堡礁上一个偏远岛屿的旅行。这是一个（重新）发现将我们联系在一起的社会和自然生态系统的故事，以及关于这些生态系统的明确教学和学习如何对年轻人有意识地参与、贡献和维持的能力产生影响这些生态。提供了一个关于给予的五个维度（对自己、他人、社区、环境和整体）的扎根理论，作为一个开始框架，从这个框架中，可以使教学和学习充满意义和社会关注。