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Direct linkMiho Trudeau – Environmental Education Research, 2025
Although natural playgrounds have originated from an intention to provide greater access to nature for children, these play spaces offer a designed and regulated space that diverges from other natural contexts. This study investigated the perceived and sociomaterially constructed role of nature in natural playgrounds by examining what people (i.e.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Playgrounds, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development
Powell, Robert B.; Vezeau, Susan Lynn; Stern, Marc J.; Moore, DeWayne D.; Wright, Brett A. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Understanding the development of pro-environmental behavioral intentions and behaviors remains one of the greatest challenges for environmental educators worldwide. Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model as a theoretical foundation, we developed surveys to evaluate the influence of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Junior Ranger program on…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Parks, Youth, Residential Programs
Thompson, Wiley C. – Journal of Geography, 2010
Field trips have long been a part of school activities, learning, and curriculum. The application of interpretive techniques or the interpretive approach can further enhance learning and retention in outside the classroom opportunities. This is especially true when exploring geographic or geologic concepts. This article explores the concept of…
Descriptors: Field Trips, School Activities, Environmental Interpretation, Geography
Rubino, Darrin L.; Hanson, Deborah – Science and Children, 2009
The circles and patterns in a tree's stem tell a story, but that story can be a mystery. Interpreting the story of tree rings provides a way to heighten the natural curiosity of students and help them gain insight into the interaction of elements in the environment. It also represents a wonderful opportunity to incorporate the nature of science.…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Forestry, Outdoor Education, Environmental Interpretation
Download full textStokrocki, Mary L.; Delahunt, Michael – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2008
Ecological teaching models and evidence of success in public schools may be lacking. We created a constructivist ecological model using the animé Nausicaa with fourth graders in a Scottsdale, Arizona school. The animé involves the epic adventure, good and evil battle to affect the future of the human race. We documented results using…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Ecology, Environmental Education
von Karolyi, Catya – Roeper Review, 2006
Hollingworth (1942) observed that typical children become interested in "questions of origin and destiny" around the age of 12-13 (p. 279), and argued that early interest in such issues was an indication of giftedness. Many have reiterated Hollingworth's claim that at an unusually young age highly gifted children become aware of philosophical,…
Descriptors: Gifted, Environmental Interpretation, Young Children, Moral Issues
