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Environmental education
About: Environmental education is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 14551 publications have been published within this topic receiving 211056 citations. The topic is also known as: environmental learning.
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TL;DR: This paper examined the compatibility of environmental education and teacher thinking research and the appropriateness of narrative forms of inquiry for examination of teacher thinking and practice in environmental education, using the epistemological claim that teachers' knowledge is ordered by story and the methodological claim that stories are best accessed by conversations.
Abstract: Although environmental education activity has increased greatly in Canadian elementary schools in recent years, very little is known about the nature of this activity or about the teacher's rationale for inclusion in the school program. This paper addresses the question of how educational researchers find out about what happens in schools and why. Based on the notion research methods must be compatible with methodological and philosophical rationale, the paper examines first the compatibility of environmental education and teacher thinking research and second the appropriateness of narrative forms of inquiry for examination of teacher thinking and practice in environmental education. Using the epistemological claim that teachers' knowledge is ordered by story and the methodological claim that stories are best accessed by conversations, the paper raises several issues of method concerning voice, language, and relationships. These issues, while common to several forms of qualitative and autobiographical method are particularly relevant to the debate in environmental education about the politics of method as well as the role of practitioners in goal setting and professional development.
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TL;DR: This paper found that students identify climate change as a consequence of modern life, and they consider the issue personally important but they also state that there is nothing they can do about the issue.
Abstract: This paper presents findings from research on students’ general environmental concerns, experiences, beliefs, attitudes, worldviews, values, and actions relating to climate change. Data was gathered from a sample of 646 seventh-grade students. The findings indicate that students identify climate change as a consequence of modern life. They consider the issue personally important but they also state that there is nothing they can do about the issue. Since they identify their primary sources of information as media and education, climate change should be addressed in national curricula as well as on media to provide an accurate understanding and awareness.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the transfer of environmental information and ideologies from Costa Rican children to their parents and found that although environmental information may be transferred in some families and conditions, this transfer is generally rare and situation-specific, and environmental educators should not assume that adults are routinely reached by information presented to children.
Abstract: In this study, the authors examined the transfer of environmental information and ideologies from Costa Rican children to their parents. Ethnographic data were collected in two school districts in Costa Rica's Central Valley through (1) interviews with teachers, sixth grade children, and parents; (2) a field pretest-post-test of parents for specific environmental knowledge, which their children were taught in school; and (3) participant observation of families, schools, and communities. The data revealed that although environmental information may be transferred in some families and conditions, this transfer is generally rare and situation-specific, and environmental educators should not assume that adults are routinely reached by information presented to children. The authors recommend that more emphasis be placed on nonformal environmental education programs that target adults. They also suggest ways to increase the likelihood that adults are exposed to environmental information presented to ch...
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TL;DR: A survey of Michigan educators indicated that case studies and talking about what others do to solve environmental problems are the most important teaching strategies as mentioned in this paper, while learning by doing may not be the most effective strategy for teaching environmental problem-solving skills.
Abstract: Learning by doing may not be the most effective strategy for teaching environmental problem-solving skills. A survey of Michigan educators indicates that of the teaching strategies listed, case studies and talking about what others do to solve environmental problems are the most important. The implications of building familiarity with environmental issues and solutions from a variety of examples are discussed, and an explanation for the reported low success of classroom action projects is presented.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors interviewed 24 policymakers in a sample of European countries: Austria, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, focusing on the views, motivations, values, and logic of each government`s environmental policy community.
Abstract: To attempt to understand European views on global climate change, the authors interviewed 24 policymakers in a sample of European countries: Austria, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The interviews focused on the views, motivations, values, and logic of each government`s environmental policy community. The interview questions covered perceptions of global warming as a problem, potential policies, country-specific motivations, and politics affecting policy formation. Interviews also covered deeper issues, such as whether the informants felt they had environmental values and what they were. This paper discusses the results and compares European views with those in the US.
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