Recently added articles from The Journal of Environmental Education:
Incorporating community education in the Strategy for Harpy Eagle conservation in Panama.(PROGRAM EVALUATION)(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: Many species of top predators are threatened, in large part, because of human destruction. Although conservation programs that include captive breeding, release, and research are vital, environmental education is just as important for the long-term survival of many wildlife ...
Mapping school design: a qualitative study of the relations among facilities design, curriculum delivery, and school climate.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Case study)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: The author conducted a 3-week qualitative case study at the School of Environmental Studies (SES), a senior public school with an environmental studies focus. He argues that SES's physical design facilitates collaborative, multidisciplinary teaching practices especially suited to ...
Environmental education in Botanic Gardens: exploring Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Project Green Reach.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Project Green Reach (PGR) is a children's program that has offered garden-based youth education since 1990. PGR focuses on Grade K--8 students and teachers from local Title I schools who work in teams on garden and science projects. In this exploratory ...
Environmental and science education in developing nations: a Ghanaian approach to renewing and revitalizing the local community and ecosystems.(ESSAY & ANALYSIS)(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: Curriculum reform in environmental and science education now taking place in Ghana focuses on the community and ecosystems as the context of education. In Ghana, students conduct science investigations that include games, word searches, crossword puzzles, case studies, role play, ...
The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment.(2d edition)(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment (2nd ed.) by Mark Sagoff. 2007. New York: Cambridge University Press. 266 pages. Paperback. $27.99. ISBN 9-780521-687133. One might read the second edition of Mark Sagoff's The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, ...
The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals by Peter Heller. 2007. New York: Free Press. 304 pages. Hardback. $25. ISBN 13 9781416532460. In his elegant and enthralling book, The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the ...
Environmental education in the schoolyard: learning styles and gender.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: The author examined the impact of environmental education lessons in a study that compared activities conducted in the schoolyard with traditional classroom activities involving elementary school boys and girls. Participants were 109 4th- and 5th-grade students. Researchers ...
Decisions and Dilemmas: using writing to learn activities to increase ecological literacy.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: Researchers tested whether writing increases ecological literacy in undergraduate elementary education students. The authors asked students to write 3 guided essays addressing the cognitive, affective, and behavioral domains in response to news articles on hypoxia. Of the 22 ...
Youth and environmental action: perspectives of young environmental leaders on their formative influences.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: The authors conducted interview research with young environmental leaders to discover the past influences that they perceive have contributed to their current involvement in environmental action. In all, 12 young people participated in semistructured, in-depth interviews. They ...
Students' developing understanding of water in environmental systems.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: The authors developed a framework of empirically grounded curricular goals for water-science literacy and documented the challenges that students face in achieving these goals. Water-related environmental science literacy requires an understanding of connected natural and ...
Is green education blue or red? State-level environmental education program development through the lens of red- and blue-state politics.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: Environmental educators have long dealt with the charge that the practice of teaching about environmental issues is an attempt to introduce a liberal agenda into the classroom curriculum. However, traditionally Republican states and traditionally Democratic states are both among ...
Watershed Dynamics.(Book review)
Mar 22, 2009; ... Watershed Dynamics, by William S. Carlsen and Nancy M. Trautmann. 2004. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press. 175 pages. Paperback. $14.95. ISBN 0-87555-213-X. In the realm of science education, there is perhaps no more significant and relevant a subject to ...
Erratum.(Correction notice)
Mar 22, 2009 ... In the Winter 2009 issue of The Journal of Environmental Education (Volume 40, Number 2), the Web cite mentioned by Clifford E. Knapp in his review of Last ...
The new environmental paradigm scale: from marginality to worldwide use.(RETROSPECTIVE)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: The New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale, published in The Journal of Environmental Education by R. E. Dunlap and K. D. Van Liere (1978), has become the most widely used measure of environmental concern in the world and been employed in hundreds of studies in dozens of nations ....
The "New Environmental Paradigm".(A Proposed Measuring Instrument and Preliminary Results)(Report)(Survey)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Numerous writers have argued that our nation's ecological problems stem in large part from the traditional values, attitudes and beliefs prevalent within our society (e.g., Disch, 1970). For example, it is often suggested that our belief in abundance and progress, our devotion to growth ...
Environmental attitudes and information sources among African American college students.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: The author examined the environmental attitudes of African American college students by using the 15-item New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) Scale. The author also attempted to determine their everyday environmental behaviors such as recycling and conservation and investigated major ...
Engaging Pennsylvania teachers in watershed education.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: Water-resource scientists have become increasingly concerned about global water quality and quantity issues. Water and watershed education are now mandated topics for school-aged youth. Pennsylvania teachers lack consistent and accessible curricula to teach students about water ...
Toward a 21st-century understanding of humans' relation to nature: two hats?(OPINION)(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: From its inception, environmental education (EE) has shouldered the imposition of impartiality on its methods and practices. Considering the reality of global climate change, the author urges the adoption of the more accurate theory of humans' relation to the natural world. This ...
No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; ... No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations, by David S. Wilcove. 2007. Washington, DC: Island Press. 240 pages. Hardcover. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-55963-985-9. Several years ago, while driving through western Nebraska in April for my grandmother's funeral (she ...
Energy, Environment and Climate.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Energy, Environment and Climate, by Richard Wolfson. 2008. New York: W. W. Norton. 532 pages. Softcover. $84.37. ISBN 978-0-393-92763-4. Energy, Environment and Climate is a textbook with a mix of physical and Earth sciences. It includes an overview of fossil fuels, a wide ...