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Book Urban Environmental Education Review

Download or read book Urban Environmental Education Review written by Alex Russ and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Environmental Education Review explores how environmental education can contribute to urban sustainability. Urban environmental education includes any practices that create learning opportunities to foster individual and community well-being and environmental quality in cities. It fosters novel educational approaches and helps debunk common assumptions that cities are ecologically barren and that city people don't care for, or need, urban nature or a healthy environment. Topics in Urban Environmental Education Review range from the urban context to theoretical underpinnings, educational settings, participants, and educational approaches in urban environmental education. Chapters integrate research and practice to help aspiring and practicing environmental educators, urban planners, and other environmental leaders achieve their goals in terms of education, youth and community development, and environmental quality in cities. The ten-essay series Urban EE Essays, excerpted from Urban Environmental Education Review, may be found here: naaee.org/eepro/resources/urban-ee-essays. These essays explore various perspectives on urban environmental education and may be reprinted/reproduced only with permission from Cornell University Press.

Book The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education

Download or read book The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education written by Alec Bodzin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the coming decades, the general public will be required ever more often to understand complex environmental issues, evaluate proposed environmental plans, and understand how individual decisions affect the environment at local to global scales. Thus it is of fundamental importance to ensure that higher quality education about these ecological issues raises the environmental literacy of the general public. In order to achieve this, teachers need to be trained as well as classroom practice enhanced. This volume focuses on the integration of environmental education into science teacher education. The book begins by providing readers with foundational knowledge of environmental education as it applies to the discipline of science education. It relates the historical and philosophical underpinnings of EE, as well as current trends in the subject that relate to science teacher education. Later chapters examine the pedagogical practices of environmental education in the context of science teacher education. Case studies of environmental education teaching and learning strategies in science teacher education, and instructional practices in K-12 science classrooms, are included. This book shares knowledge and ideas about environmental education pedagogy and serves as a reliable guide for both science teacher educators and K-12 science educators who wish to insert environmental education into science teacher education. Coverage includes everything from the methods employed in summer camps to the use of podcasting as a pedagogical aid. Studies have shown that schools that do manage to incorporate EE into their teaching programs demonstrate significant growth in student achievement as well as improved student behavior. This text argues that the multidisciplinary nature of environmental education itself requires problem-solving, critical thinking and literacy skills that benefit students’ work right across the curriculum.

Book Environmental Education in the 21st Century

Download or read book Environmental Education in the 21st Century written by Joy Palmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental education is a field characterised by a paradox. Few would doubt the urgency and importance of learning to live in sustainable ways, but environmental education holds nowhere near the priority position in formal schooling around the world that this would suggest. This text sets out to find out why this is so. It is divided into six parts: Part 1 is a concise history of the development of environmental education from an international perspective; Part 2 is an overview of the 'global agenda', or subject knowledge of environmental education; Part 3 introduces perspectives on theory and research in environmental education; Part 4 moves on to practice, and presents an integrated model for planning environmental education programmes; Part 5 brings together invited contributors who talk about environmental education in their own countries - from 15 countries including China, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the USA; Part 6 returns to the core questions of how progress can be made, and how we can maximise the potential of environmental education for the twenty first century.

Book 2003 Environmental Education Grant Profiles

Download or read book 2003 Environmental Education Grant Profiles written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Failure of Environmental Education  And How We Can Fix It

Download or read book The Failure of Environmental Education And How We Can Fix It written by Charles Saylan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when wild places everywhere are vanishing before our eyes, Charles Saylan and Daniel T. Blumstein offer this passionate indictment of environmental education—along with a new vision for the future. Writing for general readers and educators alike, Saylan and Blumstein boldly argue that education today has failed to reach its potential in fighting climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. In this forward-looking book, they assess the current political climate, including the No Child Left Behind Act, a disaster for environmental education, and discuss how education can stimulate action—including decreasing consumption and demand, developing sustainable food and energy sources, and addressing poverty. Their multidisciplinary perspective encompasses such approaches as school gardens, using school buildings as teaching tools, and the greening of schoolyards. Arguing for a paradigm shift in the way we view education as a whole, The Failure of Environmental Education demonstrates how our education system can create new levels of awareness and work toward a sustainable future.

Book National Environmental Education Act

Download or read book National Environmental Education Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environmental education in the schools creating a program that works

Download or read book Environmental education in the schools creating a program that works written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environmental Education

Download or read book Environmental Education written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Environmental Education: Identity, Politics and Citizenship the editors endeavor to present views of environmental educators that focus on issues of identity and subjectivity, and how 'narrated lives’ relate to questions of learning, education, politics, justice, and citizenship.

Book Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship for 21st Century Education

Download or read book Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship for 21st Century Education written by Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Open Access book is about the development of a common understanding of environmental citizenship. It conceptualizes and frames environmental citizenship taking an educational perspective. Organized in four complementary parts, the book first explains the political, economic and societal dimensions of the concept. Next, it examines environmental citizenship as a psychological concept with a specific focus on knowledge, values, beliefs and attitudes. It then explores environmental citizenship within the context of environmental education and education for sustainability. It elaborates responsible environmental behaviour, youth activism and education for sustainability through the lens of environmental citizenship. Finally, it discusses the concept within the context of different educational levels, such as primary and secondary education in formal and non-formal settings. Environmental citizenship is a key factor in sustainability, green and cycle economy, and low-carbon society, and an important aspect in addressing global environmental problems. It has been an influential concept in many different arenas such as economy, policy, philosophy, and organizational marketing. In the field of education, the concept could be better exploited and established, however. Education and, especially, environmental discourses in science education have a great deal to contribute to the adoption and promotion of environmental citizenship.

Book Essential Readings in Environmental Education

Download or read book Essential Readings in Environmental Education written by Harold R. Hungerford and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides 29 readings that provide a detailed overview of those elements that might take environmental education from the intuitive to the valid, to a field where there truly is a defensible, substantive structure. Contents include: (1) "Tensions in Environmental Education: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" (Disinger, John F.); (2) "The Tbilisi Declaration"; (3) "Environmental Education's Definitional Problem" (Disinger, John F.); (4) "The Concept of Environmental Education" (Stapp, William B., et al.); (5) "The Status of Environmental Education with Respect to the Goal of Responsible Citizenship Behavior" (Culen, Gerald R.); (6) "Two Hats" (Hug, John); (7) "The Myths of Environmental Education--Revisited" (Hungerford, Harold R.); (8) "A Survey of the Status of State-Level Environmental Education in the U.S." (Kirk, Michelle; Wilke, Richard; Ruskey, Abby); (9) "Education Reform, Setting Standards, and Environmental Education" (Simmons, Deborah); (10) "Environmental Literacy in the United States" (Volk, Trudi L.; McBeth, William); (11) "Goals for Curriculum Development in Environmental Education" (Hungerford, Harold; Peyton, R. Ben; Wilke, Richard J.); (12) "Curriculum Development in Environmental Education for the Primary School: Challenges and Responsibilities" (Hungerford, Harold R.; Volk, Trudi L.); (13) "Environmental Education in the K-12 Curriculum: Finding a Niche" (Ramsey, John M.; Hungerford, Harold R.; Volk, Trudi L.); (14) "Integration and Curriculum Design" (Volk, Trudi L.); (15) "Comparing Four Environmental Problem Solving Models: Additional Comments" (Ramsey, John); (16) "A Technique for Analyzing Environmental Issues" (Ramsey, John M.; Hungerford, Harold R.; Volk, Trudi L.); (17) "So...You Want To Teach Issues?" (Ramsey, John; Hungerford, Harold); (18) "Assessment in Environmental Education" (Marcinkowski, Thomas); (19) "Outcome Research in Environmental Education: A Critical Review" (Leeming, Frank C.; Dwyer, William O.; Porter, Bryan E.; Cobern, Melissa K.); (20) "Predictors of Responsible Environmental Behavior: A Review of Three Dissertation Studies" (Marcinkowski, Thomas); (21) "Changing Learner Behavior through Environmental Education" (Hungerford, Harold R.; Volk, Trudi L.); (22) "The Pros and Cons of Research in Environmental Education" (Smith-Sebasto, Nicholas J.); (23) "Environmental Education and Environmental Interpretation: The Relationships" (Knapp, Doug); (24) "Evaluation of Natural Resource Education Materials: Implications for Resource Management" (Pomerantz, Gerri A.); (25) "Are We Meeting the Goal of Responsible Environmental Behavior? An Examination of Nature and Environmental Education Center Goals" (Simmons, Deborah A.); (26) "An Analysis of an Anti-Environmental Education Article: 'The Globalist Children's Crusade'" (Ramsey, John); (27) "Goals and Competencies for Precollege STS Education: Recommendations Based upon Recent Literature in Environmental Education" (Rubba, Peter A.; Wiesenmayer, Randall L.); (28) "The Science Education Reform Movement: Implications for Social Responsibility" (Ramsey, John); and (29) "The General Teaching Model (GTM)" (Each reading contains references.) (Hungerford, Harold R.). (CCM)

Book Participation and Learning

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan Reid
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2007-10-12
  • ISBN : 1402064160
  • Pages : 364 pages

Download or read book Participation and Learning written by Alan Reid and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-12 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking collection brings together a range of perspectives on the philosophy, design and experience of participatory approaches within education and the environment, health and sustainability. Chapters address participatory work with children, youth and adults in both formal and non-formal settings. Authors combine reflections on experience, models and case studies of participatory education with commentary on key debates and issues.

Book Environmental Education and Advocacy

Download or read book Environmental Education and Advocacy written by Edward A. Johnson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental education has often blurred the distinction between ecological science and environmental advocacy. Growing public awareness of environmental problems and desire for action may be contributing to this blurring. There is a need to clarify the distinction between the role of ecological science and the role of social and political values for the environment within environmental education. This book addresses this need by examining the changing perspectives of ecology in education and the changing perspectives of education in environmental education. Guidelines are provided for assessing the science and education perspectives within environmental education, along with suggested frameworks for development of programs and resources that integrate current science, education and action. This book will be of interest to environmental educators, ecologists interested in environmental education, and curriculum and resource developers.

Book Environmental Education

Download or read book Environmental Education written by Trilochan S. Bakshi and published by Springer. This book was released on 1980-04-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environmental movement of the 1960s made educationists in some parts of the world aware of the significance and importance of ecology in curricula at all levels of education, from kindergarten to post-secondary. A great deal of progress was made in the early 1970s in incorporating environmental awareness programs into educa tional systems go that what was once considered a fad was gradually becoming a part of formal education in a number of institutions, especially in Canada and the U.S.A. It was therefore appropriate that an international scientific body devote some time to the issue of ecology in education. Early in 1976, I suggested to the International Association for Ecology (Inteco1) that a symposium on Environmental Education be included in the program of the Second International Congress of Ecology scheduled to be held in Jerusalem in September 1978. In the first draft program of the Congress, the topic was included as a poster session. I considered this inadequate and appealed to the Congress Steering Committee to focus greater attention on environ mental education. The first draft program contained phrases like "utilization of resources", "conservation problems", "environmental moni toring", and "irreversible changes". These phrases more or less assumed that people in general understood ecological principles. Literature on environmental education seems to suggest that a wide gap separated most of the professional ecologists from a large portion of mankind primarily because we the ecologists have paid scant attention to the ecological education of world's citizens.

Book Environmental Education Interdependence

Download or read book Environmental Education Interdependence written by David C. King and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education

Download or read book International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education written by Robert B. Stevenson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environment and contested notions of sustainability are increasingly topics of public interest, political debate, and legislation across the world. Environmental education journals now publish research from a wide variety of methodological traditions that show linkages between the environment, health, development, and education. The growth in scholarship makes this an opportune time to review and synthesize the knowledge base of the environmental education (EE) field. The purpose of this 51-chapter handbook is not only to illuminate the most important concepts, findings and theories that have been developed by EE research, but also to critically examine the historical progression of the field, its current debates and controversies, what is still missing from the EE research agenda, and where that agenda might be headed. Published for the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Book Environmental Education

Download or read book Environmental Education written by William B. Stapp and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1975 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: