Showing papers on "Environmental education published in 1983"
76 citations
01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that environmental studies, to achieve their purpose, must become interdisciplinary, thus achieving a new level in the integration of knowledge, and describe environmental studies as a metadiscipline.
Abstract: Environmental studies do not comprise a discipline in the conventional sense. Instead, the term environmental studies identifies a focus of many disciplines upon an integrating concept, the interactions of humankind with its environment. But environmental studies are more than a multidisciplinary collage under a common rubric. The elements of environmental understanding are drawn from many disciplines, but to obtain that understanding the interrelationships among relevant disciplinary knowledge must be synthesized into coherent and comprehensive theory. Environmental studies, to achieve their purpose, must become interdisciplinary, thus achieving a new level in the integration of knowledge. In this sense environmental studies may be appropriately described as a metadiscipline. This thesis holds implications for curricula in environmental studies, primarily that academic instruction in environmental studies will fall short of its full potential if it comprises no more than multidisciplinary course offerings. How to develop a metadisciplinary curriculum that is comprehensive, coherent, focused, and flexible is a very big challenge for environmental educators. 23 references.
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01 Apr 1983
TL;DR: The interdisciplinary major in urban studies is ideal for students drawn to serious examination of the profound issues confronting urban/metropolitan America as mentioned in this paper, and the fact that many of the aforementioned issues are deeply embedded in the cities of the world allows students in the Urban Studies program to focus not just on domestic cities but on global cities as well.
Abstract: The interdisciplinary major in urban studies is ideal for students drawn to serious examination of the profound issues confronting urban/metropolitan America. Urban Studies seeks to prepare students — who are indeed our nation's future leaders — for the challenge of solving these issues. We help students to research and investigate such issues as the evolving patterns of metropolitanism and the necessity for central city reconstruction; the problems associated with regentrification, urban sprawl and affordable housing; the crises confronting newly emerging immigrant communities and the social cleavages of urban marginalized communities; unemployment and underemployment; law and justice; HIV/AIDS and issues of public health; the economic underdevelopment of poor communities; race and inequality; the paradox of declining welfare rolls amidst escalating poverty rates; underperforming urban schools; and the in-migration and out-migration of the city and its schools. All available social indices suggest that such domestic issues in our central cities will only increase in significance during the years ahead. The fact that many of the aforementioned issues are deeply embedded in the cities of the world allows students in the Urban Studies program to focus not just on domestic cities but on global cities as well.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of water conservation instruction on Seventh-Grade students were studied. But they did not consider the effect of environmental education on the overall performance of the students.
Abstract: (1983). The Effects of Water Conservation Instruction on Seventh-Grade Students. The Journal of Environmental Education: Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 26-31.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a teacher survey of environmental education in Virginia schools was conducted and the results showed that the majority of the teachers believed that environmental education should be offered in all primary and secondary education.
Abstract: (1983). Environmental Education in Virginia Schools: A Teacher Survey. The Journal of Environmental Education: Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 17-21.
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TL;DR: The current policy aims at environmental protection, environmental assessment and environmental education as mentioned in this paper, which brings into focus the problem of the enforcement of environmental laws that has plagued the individualistic policies of the past.
TL;DR: A brief review of attempts to achieve curricular relevance in schools in Third World countries and the reasons for their limited success is given in this paper, where the role of environmental education in placing the school in its own local community and the real socioeconomic environment that surrounds it is explored.
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01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: The Curriculum for the Conservation of People and their Environment as discussed by the authors is a curriculum for the conservation of people and their environment, which is based on the principles of environmental education.
Abstract: (1986). A Curriculum for the Conservation of People and their Environment. The Journal of Environmental Education: Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 1-12.
TL;DR: The International Environmental Education Program (IEEP) as mentioned in this paper was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1982 and has been running for eight years.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the questions, "Why modern engineering requires social science?" and "What is planning?" and present twelve practical tools which social science brings to the engineer.
01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: In this paper, when an image on the film is obliterated with a round black mark, it is an indication o f either blurred copy because o f movement during exposure, duplicate copy, or copyrighted materials that should not have been filmed.
Abstract: 2. When an image on the film is obliterated with a round black mark, it is an indication o f either blurred copy because o f movement during exposure, duplicate copy, or copyrighted materials that should not have been filmed. For blurred pages, a good image o f the page can be found in the adjacent frame. If copyrighted materials were deleted, a target note will appear listing the pages in the adjacent frame.
01 Jun 1983
01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: This paper reviewed experiences in this field in great britain from the 1970s, from programmes for school children to training of architects, planners, and environmental educators, confirming the assumption that environmental education is a major contributor to the success of programmes of public participation in environmental planning and preservation.
Abstract: Confirming the assumption that environmental education is a major contributor to the success of programmes of public participation in environmental planning and preservation, the author reviews experiences in this field in great britain from the 1970s, from programmes for school children to training of architects, planners, and environmental educators.
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