This guidebook presents five workshops designed to help train architects to function as resource people for built environment education. These workshops, which were held in 1975 and 1976, are intended as models. Each of them may be followed in its entirety, or ideas may be chosen from some of the workshops presented to create a different kind of…

Discussed are experiences of the Curriculum Research and Development Group at the College of Education, University of Hawaii, in developing and testing the Sea Grant Institute for Marine Educators, an in-service program for elementary and secondary teachers. The program is designed as a first step in achieving "marine literacy" among…

This guide for teacher inservice training is focused on the concept of Ekistics--the study of man in his environment. The strategies presented are based on generic inservice culminating in a management planning model, purposefully generic to all inservice and intended to add support to the personnel who would be designing inservice. The steps to…

This booklet is one in a series of resource manuals to help teacher educators conduct environmental education (EE) teacher workshops or promote EE programs. This unit is an orientation to the field of EE. It offers a definition of EE and some ways to explain its value to educators and environmental managers. The unit explains current and…

This report details the development and implementation of a Tennessee Valley Authority-funded demonstration environmental education project and the utilization of a mobile laboratory for conducting studies. Instructional materials were developed that are interdisciplinary in nature and activity oriented in approach. A discussion of the design and…

The paper describes the purposes, organization, and preparation for the Greensboro Outdoor Education Program. It lists 20 procedures used in planning and implementing the program. Available from University of North Carolina, Center for Environmental Camping, and Outdoor Education, Greensboro, North Carolina 27420 ($6.00). (SB)

This booklet is one in a series of resource manuals to help teacher educators conduct environmental education (EE) teacher workshops or promote EE programs. This unit offers background information and strategies for designing and leading teacher education workshops and programs and benefits those unfamiliar with adult education methods and…

Described is the successful development of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program in a school system in Maryland. The importance of training both staff and the community are stressed. (CW)

A national children's gardening symposium was held August 12-14, 1993, to enable educators of grades K through 8 to begin or improve gardening programs for children. Discusses some of the conference results and describes 12 model gardens for both recreational and educational purposes at school, backyard, and community sites. (LZ)

This booklet is one in a series of resource manuals to help teacher educators conduct environmental education (EE) teacher workshops or promote EE programs. This unit is for teacher workshop facilitators who want to help use community resources in EE. The introduction begins with the definition of community resources. The unit is presented in six…

A workshop was held to exchange experiences on ways and means of incorporating environmental education (EE) in preservice and inservice teacher training programs for elementary and secondary schools. These proceedings of the workshop are divided into three parts. Part 1 provides a brief report on the workshop organization, objectives,…

This booklet is one in a series of resource manuals to help teacher educators conduct environmental education (EE) teacher workshops or promote EE programs. This unit is intended for workshop facilitators to help teachers integrate environmental themes into their teaching. It provides ideas for making connections between environmental content and…

This booklet is one in a series of resource manuals to help teacher educators conduct environmental education (EE) teacher workshops or promote EE programs. The unit is presented in seven sections that describe: (1) a rationale for teaching environmental issues; (2) a five-step process for addressing environmental issues; (3) classroom approaches…

This paper provides: (1) a statement regarding the political context for energy conservation education programs; (2) a brief description of the types of program efforts reflected in the literature; (3) an overview of the purposes and approaches to energy conservation education program evaluation reflected in available literature; and (4) a…