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Gericke, Niklas; Torbjörnsson, Tomas – Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
This article centers on a local school reform project aimed at implementing a transformative approach to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The study investigates the project in terms of how the design criteria of a continuous professional development program and critical factors of the implementation process influenced the actual…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Educational Change, Faculty Development
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Kirsop-Taylor, Nick; Appiah, D.; Steadman, A.; Huggett, M. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
This paper reflects on an undergraduate module at the University of Exeter (2018-2019) trialing a problem-based learning approach to the political ecologies of land. It found that this approach offers significant value for teaching and learning complex socio-ecological interdisciplinarity and instilling in learners a deep and reflective sense of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Political Attitudes
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Lloro-Bidart, Teresa – Journal of Environmental Education, 2018
Extending and challenging Arun Appadurai's anthropocentric "scapes," this article converses with feminist posthumanism, ecofeminism, and the political ecology of education to develop a more-than-human ecopedagogy in/for/with animalScapes. After outlining the article's theoretical framework, I briefly discuss the research cases informing…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Educational Research, Animals, Feminism
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Eilam, Efrat; Trop, Tamar – Journal of Environmental Education, 2011
This article addresses issues regarding implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within formal education systems. In particular, it seeks to identify the basic essential components of ESD pedagogy. The authors present a theoretical pedagogical framework based on accumulated theory and experience in the field. The framework…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Citizenship Responsibility
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Cole, Anna Gahl – Journal of Environmental Education, 2007
In response to calls for discourse that builds on the substantive structure of environmental education in efforts to further the scope of the field, this article reexamines key principles of environmental education through the multidisciplinary lenses of critical pedagogy, the environmental justice movement, and more recent definitions of…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
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Doeleman, J. A. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1983
Discusses a serious internal inconsistency of the contribution of economics to environmental studies, focusing on differences between micro- and macro-environmental economics approaches. Reconciliation of several difficulties with the teaching of macro-environmental economics without surrendering the relevance of the approach is also discussed.…
Descriptors: Economics, Environmental Education, Ethics, Higher Education
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Haney, Jodi J.; Wang, Jing; Keil, Chris; Zoffel, Jennifer – Journal of Environmental Education, 2007
The authors examined teachers' beliefs and classroom practices during a 2-year professional development program that required middle-school teachers to develop, implement, and revise problem-based, interdisciplinary curricula focusing on locally relevant environmental health issues. The results of the study indicate that over the course of the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Problem Based Learning, Educational Change, Environmental Education
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Sherlock, Wallace J. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2003
Reports the results of a seminar with Russian secondary school teachers that explored the integration of English as a foreign language (EFL) competencies with environmental studies. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Curriculum, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
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Choi, Yearn Hong – Journal of Environmental Education, 1983
Literary works (novels, plays, poems) are suggested for the public's environmental orientation. Discusses rationale for using these works, focusing on Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" (which parallels present problems in United States cities) as a valuable literary air to a better and easier understanding of environmental issues. (JN)
Descriptors: Drama, Drinking Water, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Stapp, William B.; And Others – Journal of Environmental Education, 1980
Based upon a survey of leading environmental educators in Europe, the author's report what should be and what is occurring in the preservice environmental education of European teachers. Also presented is an instructional model for preservice teacher education in this field. (Author/WB)
Descriptors: College Programs, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Instructional Design
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Francis, Mark G.; And Others – Journal of Environmental Education, 1993
Proposes an alternative model for environmental education in natural resources emphasizing a complete systems approach. Helps people evaluate and understand natural resources based on underlying ecological principles. Attempts to account for integrating factors in the natural resource system, with land serving as the foundation resource. (MDH)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
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Payne, Phillip G. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
Recent reviews of environmental education (EE) research converge with pedagogical trends in the education literature to situated and constructivist learning and the need for greater researcher reflexivity about the assumptions and conduct of research. These trends also elaborate the need in EE and education for sustainable development and related…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Phenomenology, Educational Theories, Educational Research
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Fleming, William – Journal of Environmental Education, 2003
Volunteers monitor watershed health in more than 700 programs in the US, involving over 400,000 local stakeholders. New Mexico Watershed Watch is a student-based watershed monitoring program sponsored by the state's Department of Game and Fish which provides high school teachers and students with instruction on methods for water quality…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Public Agencies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Water Quality