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Yaw Owusu-Agyeman – International Journal of Training and Development, 2025
There have been calls for society to embrace lower-carbon production and consumption practices to address the growing environmental concerns, which include pollution, biodiversity loss, and environmental deterioration. This call is also linked to the achievement of the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the need for countries…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Ecology, Conservation (Environment)
Neil O. Houser – Social Studies, 2024
In addition to the continuing need for citizens who can address the challenges of "human" communities, growing concerns have arisen regarding "all" life on the planet. Indeed, one of our most urgent conditions is the decline of the environment upon which all life depends. Yet, despite our concerns, there remain vastly differing…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Social Studies, Simulation
Arif, Suchinta – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2021
Student-centered learning broadly encompasses teaching approaches that shift the focus of instruction from teacher to student by placing an emphasis on what as well as how students want to learn. This approach allows students to become active participants in their own learning and has been shown to increase learning, autonomy, and…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Ecology, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2023
This article strives to open a window on 'eco-humour', an umbrella term for diverse forms of humour targeting ecological and environmental issues. It encourages readers to consider eco-humour as a valuable, pedagogical toolkit for environmental education and communication. To this aim, eco-humour is, first, put into perspective of humour…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Humor, Foreign Countries
Tracy Bobko; Mikiko Corsette; Minjuan Wang; Erin Springer – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2024
This article discusses the transformative impact of technology on knowledge acquisition and sharing, focusing on the emergence of the metaverse as a virtual community with vast potential for virtual learning. Learning in the metaverse is found to enhance engagement, motivation, and retention, while fostering 21st-century skills. It also offers…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Models
Jackson de Verteuil; Philip G. Jessop; Amanda Bongers – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
The most important learning objective in green chemistry education is the ability to identify the synthesis, process, or chemical that is least environmentally harmful. Existing metrics fall short for different reasons. Mass-based metrics fail to assess environmental harm, while life cycle assessment (LCA) is much too complex to insert into the…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Undergraduate Study, Chemistry, Science Education
Stickney, Jeff – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2022
The aim of this paper is to share our story about introducing environmental sustainability education (ESE) in an initial teacher education (ITE) program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at University of Toronto, starting in 2018. In so far as narratives motivate reflection and action, the goal is to encourage readers to…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
Elizabeth L. Day; Steven J. Petritis; Hunter McFall-Boegeman; Jacob Starkie; Mengqi Zhang; Melanie M. Cooper – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Green and sustainable chemistry (GSC) will become ever more central to the study of chemistry. This is demonstrated by commitments from the American Chemical Society, particularly the Committee on Professional Training and the Green Chemistry Institute, and the United Nations (UN Sustainable Development Goals), which underscore the urgent need for…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Sustainability, Ecology
Wang, Guangheng; Zhou, Xin; Cui, Hua – ECNU Review of Education, 2019
Purpose: This article was intended to share and reflect on experiences concerning the education for sustainable development (ESD) project at Hongqiao Kindergarten in Shanghai. The project aimed to explore how ESD could be implemented in a current curriculum and to provide useful examples of educational activities and experiences.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods
Jungck, John R. – PRIMUS, 2022
Finite Mathematics has become an enormously rich and productive area of contemporary mathematical biology. Fortunately, educators have developed educational modules based upon many of the models that have used Finite Mathematics in mathematical biology research. A sufficient variety of computer modules that employ graph theory (phylogenetic trees,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Models, Learning Modules
Wiggins, Benjamin L.; Eddy, Sarah L.; Grunspan, Daniel Z.; Crowe, Alison J. – AERA Open, 2017
STEM classrooms (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in postsecondary education are rapidly improved by the proper use of active learning techniques. These techniques occupy a descriptive spectrum that transcends passive teaching toward active, constructive, and, finally, interactive methods. While aspects of this framework have…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Predictor Variables, Achievement Gains, STEM Education
Muthukrishnan, Rani – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2019
Picture books have the potential to engage students in multimodal ways of learning in early education setting. This pilot study aims to investigate the efficacy of using picture books specifically written to convey increasingly complex ecosystem concepts and their influence on introducing ecoliteracy to first-grade students. Under the central…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Ecology
Weir, Jamia – Art Education, 2016
This article outlines a research study focused on the connections between natural science and art. In the instructional unit designed for the research study, multiple art forms were utilized, in order to reach multiple types of learners. Interdisciplinary, or integrated art instruction is a way to enhance understanding of and the connections…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Art Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Creativity
Jess, Mike; Keay, Jeanne; Carse, Nicola – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
Primary physical education (PPE) is increasingly being recognised for the role it can potentially play in setting a foundation for lifelong engagement in physical activity. However, the majority of the literature continues to focus on the negative features of the subject within the primary context. Whilst acknowledging the existence of these…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary School Students, Student Experience, Curriculum
Herron, Julie; Foster, Andrea – Science and Children, 2017
In this featured lesson, entitled "Fishy Feeding Frenzy," fourth-grade students engage in a classic science activity that requires them to experience the interdependent relationships of organisms in an ecosystem. The students explore how adaptations increase the survival of a member of a species by participating in an active "fishy…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Common Core State Standards