This publication contains abstracts and indexes to selected documents announced in RESOURCES IN EDUCATION from 1973 to 1975. Documents indexed include instructional materials, research reports, teaching guides, and other items. The compilation is designed to serve as an effective tool to assist teachers, researchers, curriculum developers,…

This publication contains abstracts and indexes to selected documents announced in Research in Education from 1966 to 1972. Documents indexed include instructional materials, research reports, teaching guides, and other items. The compilation is designed to serve as an effective tool to assist teachers, researchers, curriculum developers,…

Presents thoughts, contemplative disagreements, and hearty concurrences regarding the article "Alternatives To National Standards for Environmental Education: Process-Based Quality Assessment." Contains 14 references. (JRH)

Summarized are some of the accomplishments in development and applications of methods and techniques for determining the extent environmental education concepts are being communicated, interpreted, and taught. Some areas of fruitful study are suggested. (Author/RE)

An interdisciplinary focus in environmental education is provided by a list of 112 concepts appropriate for environmental education produced by scholars from 40 professional areas and 12 United States ecological regions. A model for environmental education is presented which is based on four categories synthesized from the concepts. (JP)

This activity oriented guide was developed for teachers of environmental education K-12 by the Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) 12 in Portage, Wisconsin. Concepts that form the basis of the guide are the 44 most important of the 112 environmental education concepts that were identified by Dr. Robert E. Roth. Activities that can…

In this cross-cultural study, underlying constructs for environmental education were compared using faculty responses from Ohio State University and the National Taiwan University. Four constructs were identified as important elements for environmental education at both universities: environmental ethics, population and quality of life,…

The Dominican Republic has taken steps to develop and implement a comprehensive plan (called Plan Sierra) for national natural resources management. The plan (which includes an environmental education component) demonstrates a commitment to Stockholm Recommendation 96 in a way that could become a model for other Latin American nations. (JN)

This study was undertaken to develop a taxonomy of conceptual objectives for use in planning programs of instruction related to environmental management (K-16) and to determine whether or not biases exist among persons representative of selected disciplines. Survey techniques to obtain and validate appropriate environmental management education…

A K-12 conceptual approach to environmental management education is advocated. The role of education in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development is defined together with the term environmental management. Several new approaches being attempted to develop concepts appropriate for environmental education are also described. (BL)

Examines associations between the level of teacher preparation in environmental education (EE) and the level of implementation of EE in elementary school classrooms in Wisconsin and Ohio. Measures elementary school teachers' attitudes toward EE. Findings indicate that Wisconsin elementary teachers received more preservice EE preparation than Ohio…

To achieve the goals of environmental quality, new thrusts have been placed upon environmental education. Although successful development of this process must be based on sound research, little attention has been given to searching out, organizing, and reporting research in the environmental education area. The purpose of this report is to: (1)…

Author proposes a community study project of their own environment in order for students to better understand the interdependence of living things. (GB)

Assesses predictors of teachers' responsible environmental behavior (REB). Stepwise multiple-regression analysis showed that most of the parsimonious set of predictors of REB for all teachers included perceived knowledge of environmental-action strategies (KNOW), intention to act (IA), and perceived skill in using environmental-action strategies…