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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: In this article, the authors draw attention of the education for sustainable development (ESD) community to recent discussions on competence approaches and examine the adequacy of a competence-based model as the means of achieving educational and societal transformation towards sustainability.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw attention of the education for sustainable development (ESD) community to recent discussions on competence approaches and to examine the adequacy of a competence‐based model as the means of achieving educational and societal transformation towards sustainability. The paper analyses and highlights some important aspects of case studies of the contributing authors to the special issue.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the review of relevant literature and reflections on the articles that constitute this special issue. It also reflects the authors' observations through their extensive interactions with theoreticians, practitioners and policy makers on ESD in the context of the United Nations decade of education for sustainable development (DESD) and higher education for sustainable development (HESD).Findings – The paper recognises a highly complex nature of the conceptualizations of competences for SD and their articulation in educational prog...
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TL;DR: In this paper, an exploratory quantitative study was conducted to determine the effect of seven environmental education (EE) programs on participants' connectedness to nature, and the results from the 385 children who participated in this study suggest two of the programs may be associated with a significant increase in connectedness.
Abstract: With a growing movement to re-connect children to nature, an understanding of the ability of environmental education (EE) programs to foster connectedness to nature is needed. The purpose of this exploratory quantitative study is to determine the effect of seven EE programs on participants' connectedness to nature. Results from the 385 children who participated in this study suggest two of the programs may be associated with a significant increase in connectedness to nature; however, due to the limitations of the study and a potential ‘ceiling effect’ of high initial levels of connectedness, further research is needed.
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01 Jun 1999
TL;DR: Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals as discussed by the authors is a practical and inspiring book that provides user-friendly guidance on achieving conservation goals through effective communication, including how to gather background information and target audiences, explains how public relations can influence attitudes and behaviours, and outlines how to design and conduct a communications campaign.
Abstract: This is a practical, inspiring book on achieving conservation goals through effective communication. Whether you are managing wetlands, protecting endangered species, or restoring ecosystems, you need to be able to communicate effectively in order to solve conservation and resource management problems. "Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals" can help you do just that - it is a practical and inspiring book that provides user-friendly guidance on achieving conservation goals through effective communication. Following introductory chapters that draw on research from communication, psychology, sociology, and education to highlight elements critical for effective communication, the book describes how to gather background information and target audiences, explains how public relations can influence attitudes and behaviours, and outlines how to design and conduct a communications campaign. In addition, it provides step-by-step guidance for using print, broadcast, and electronic mass media; demonstrates methods for developing public talks, interpretive brochures, exhibits, and trails; and, explores long-term conservation education strategies for students and adults. This second edition of a widely praised book, originally published in 1999, includes new material on working with stakeholders, volunteers, and other groups to multiply conservation success. It also expands on the use of electronic media with examples of conservation Web pages, blogs, e-newsletters, and other new media. The book's citations have been updated to include a host of Web sites and other electronic sources useful for planning and implementing communication programmes. "Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals" is a valuable addition to the conservationist's toolbox that will help scientists, managers, concerned citizens, and students communicate more effectively.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop key messages for the theory and practice of environmental education from a review of recent research literature on climate change communication (CCC) and education, and propose a framework for environmental education.
Abstract: This paper sets out to develop key messages for the theory and practice of environmental education from a review of recent research literature on climate change communication (CCC) and education. I ...
222 citations
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01 Jan 1972
TL;DR: In this article, a report on the relationship between man and his natural evnironment was prepared after consultation with worldwide experts as background to the discussions of the U.N. Conference on the Human Environment.
Abstract: This report on the relationship between man and his natural evnironment was prepared after consultation with worldwide experts as background to the discussions of the U.N. Conference on the Human Environment. Expert opinion represented different social values and different emphases. The committee of consultants is listed. Man inhabits the natural and the social/technological world and is caught in the middle. A detailed treatment is presented of the development through history of knowledge industry technology and economy. The chapters on the development of science deal with the balance between matter and energy and the balance between the different branches of life supported by the earth. The chapters dealing with technology discuss resources and pollution. Chapters dealing with national development consider such things as human living arrangements developing countries and policies for growth potential. Various tentative strategies for survival are outlined.
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