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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: The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESDED) as discussed by the authors is the decade of 2005 to 2014, which is the most important decade for education for sustainable development in the world.
Abstract: The United Nations declared the decade of 2005 to 2014 the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and entrusted the UNESCO with the task of making it so. Both institutions� documents acknowledge that ESD does not focus on any particular sphere, but covers fifteen very different fields, such as peace, health, sustainable development, AIDS and the market economy. Due to this breadth of scope, ESD is meant not to take the place of any existing educational movements, but rather to become a widespread call to all of them (education for health, for interculturality, for responsible consumer behaviour, for peace...) to incorporate the dimension of sustainability. That means sustainable development should be incorporated into other subjects and, due to its breadth, cannot be taught as an independent subject (UNESCO, 2005). This paper presents environmental education (EE) as a type of education that is decades ahead of the call, since it is the only educational movement that can boast of a career which spans over 30 years dealing with the linkages between the environment and development. Our thesis is based on the declarations of the founding processes and documents of environmental education (1975 Belgrade Workshop and 1977 Intergovernmental Conference at Tbilisi), as well as on the entire subsequent career of EE theory and practices. The text provides a historical overview, showing the involvement of environmental education with the ecological, social and economic approaches that propose keeping development mindful of the limits of the biosphere and social equity, i.e., sustainability. The historical career and current instances of fulfilment in this educational movement allow environmental education to be regarded as «a genuine education for sustainable development».
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01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: In this article, the main issues arising from an internet discussion on the changing perspectives on environmental education in the light of the global initiative on sustainable development are discussed in five rounds how they see the field evolving.
Abstract: This novel publication includes summaries of the main issues arising from an internet discussion on the changing perspectives on environmental education in the light of the global initiative on sustainable development. Fifty experts from around the world discussed in five rounds how they see the field evolving. The accompanying CD-ROM allows you to delve into the points made by each participant. It also contains a top-10 list of books and sites on the subject. It explains how the web site discussion was managed, for those interested in learning more about mobilizing knowledge using the opportunities of the worldwide web.
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TL;DR: Results suggest that school-wide EE programs were not associated with improved EL, but the use of published EE curricula paired with time outdoors represents a strategy that may improve all key components of student EL.
Abstract: Building environmental literacy (EL) in children and adolescents is critical to meeting current and emerging environmental challenges worldwide. Although environmental education (EE) efforts have begun to address this need, empirical research holistically evaluating drivers of EL is critical. This study begins to fill this gap with an examination of school-wide EE programs among middle schools in North Carolina, including the use of published EE curricula and time outdoors while controlling for teacher education level and experience, student attributes (age, gender, and ethnicity), and school attributes (socio-economic status, student-teacher ratio, and locale). Our sample included an EE group selected from schools with registered school-wide EE programs, and a control group randomly selected from NC middle schools that were not registered as EE schools. Students were given an EL survey at the beginning and end of the spring 2012 semester. Use of published EE curricula, time outdoors, and having teachers with advanced degrees and mid-level teaching experience (between 3 and 5 years) were positively related with EL whereas minority status (Hispanic and black) was negatively related with EL. Results suggest that school-wide EE programs were not associated with improved EL, but the use of published EE curricula paired with time outdoors represents a strategy that may improve all key components of student EL. Further, investments in teacher development and efforts to maintain enthusiasm for EE among teachers with more than 5 years of experience may help to boost student EL levels. Middle school represents a pivotal time for influencing EL, as improvement was slower among older students. Differences in EL levels based on gender suggest boys and girls may possess complementary skills sets when approaching environmental issues. Our findings suggest ethnicity related disparities in EL levels may be mitigated by time spent in nature, especially among black and Hispanic students.
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TL;DR: In this article, the background, themes and implications of three collections available in Environmental Education Research that focus on climate change education and researches are discussed. But they do not discuss the impact of these collections on the curriculum of environmental education.
Abstract: This article introduces key features to the background, themes and implications of three collections available in Environmental Education Research that focus on climate change education and researc...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship among perception, attitude, and environmental behavior of the university students enrolled in different specialization fields (engineering electrical, mechanical, and economic) at the North Center University of Baia Mare.
Abstract: Environmental education and education for the environment today play an important role toward sustainability. Environmental education provided by higher education institutions has an important impact on training and preparing the future generation for a green society. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship among perception, attitude, and environmental behavior of the university students enrolled in different specialization fields (engineering electrical, mechanical, and economic). A total of 358 students participated in this survey conducted at the North Center University of Baia Mare. To collect data to measure students’ environmental education, perception, students’ attitudes, and behavior a Likert scale was used. In this study, it was revealed that students receiving academic education are involved in activities regarding environmental protection (volunteer, warning, participation, recycling of materials) using the new product and “greener” alternative energy. As a result of the t-test performed, it was put forward that there was no difference in their level of perception regarding the importance of environmental education. As a result of the correlation analysis, a positive relation was identified between the perception, attitude, and behavior variables.
96 citations