Recently added articles from The Journal of Environmental Education:
Students' perceptions of a highly controversial yet keystone species, the black-tailed prairie dog: a case study.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Case study)
Jun 22, 2008; Fox-Parrish, Lynne ... ABSTRACT: The authors used a case-study methodology to explore the perceptions of 30 9th-grade biology students relative to black-tailed prairie dogs. The case study, which involved classroom- and field-based experiences that focused on black-tailed prairie dogs, revealed 3 major themes: ...
An exploratory study of preservice teachers" beliefs about the environment.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; Moseley, Christine ... ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental teaching efficacy and outcome-expectancy beliefs of elementary preservice teachers. The study also evaluated the importance of ethnicity as a construct in influencing teachers' beliefs toward environmental education ....
What difference does it make? Assessing outcomes from participation in a residential environmental education program.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; Stern, Marc J. ... ABSTRACT: The authors explored the influences of 3- and 5-day residential environmental education programs at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (TN) on participants' connections with nature, environmental stewardship, interest in learning and discovery, and awareness of the ...
Children's role in meaning making through their participation in an environmental education program.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; James, J. Joy ... ABSTRACT: The authors conducted an ethnography investigating children's lived experiences in a 3-day residential environmental education (EE) program with 20 gifted 4th- and 5th-grade students. The authors also conducted participant observation and a series of interviews before, during, ...
Participation and Learning: Perspectives on Education and the Environment, Health and Sustainability.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Cheak, Marie ... Participation and Learning: Perspectives on Education and the Environment, Health and Sustainability, by Alan Reid, Bjarne Bruun Jensen, Jutta Nikel, and Venka Simovska (Eds.). 2008. New York: Springer. 346 pages. Hardcover. $169. ISBN 978-1-4020-6415-9. Participation and ...
The Bristlecone Book: A Natural History of the World's Oldest Trees.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; May, Ted ... The Bristlecone Book: A Natural History of the World's Oldest Trees, by Ronald M. Lanner. 2007. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press. 118 pages. Paperback. $12. ISBN 978-0-8784-2538-9. The Bristlecone Book provides a science-based natural history of the bristlecone and foxtail pines of ...
Erratum.(Correction notice)
Jun 22, 2008 ... In the Spring 2008 issue of The Journal of Environmental Education (Volume 39, Number 3), Figures 3 and 4 for the article "An Exploratory Study of Elementary Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Ecology Using Concept Maps" by Kevin M. Zak and Bruce H. Munson ...