This digest contains an abridgment of a section of a chapter on "Environmental Education Research Related to Issue Awareness" from the 1984 National Commission for Environmental Education Research (NCEER) Report. The paper was prepared by Randall Wiesenmeyer, Maureen Murrin, and Audrey Tomera. Only the section of the paper dealing with instructional strategies for developing awareness of environmental issues is provided. Major areas considered include: (1) use and abuse of wilderness; (2) interdisciplinary approaches; (3) values orientation; (4) integrated curriculum; and (5) research conclusions. A list of references (with ED numbers for documents in ERIC) is included. (ML)