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Irida Tsevreni – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
This study emphasises the need to empower spirituality within the framework of environmental education, and demonstrate its value as a vital component in the human-nature relationship. This is proposed through utilizing the meaning, content and practice of mindfulness. The examination of mindfulness, as a pedagogical philosophy as well as…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Environmental Education, Natural Resources, Metacognition
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Michelle Wiebel; Kathrin Bensberg; Luca Wende; Rebecca Grandrath; Kathrin Plitzko; Claudia Bohrmann-Linde; Stefan F. Kirsch; Nils Helge Schebb – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Triterpenic acids (TA), a class of triterpenoids, are widely distributed as secondary metabolites in plants. They have a pentacyclic structure and show high structural diversity. In this work, a simple but efficient method for extraction and detection of TA derivatives from apple peels is described. The method is technically straightforward and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Plants (Botany), Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study
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Britsch, Susan; Shepardson, Daniel P. – Science Educator, 2021
This article examines the ways in which four focal English Learners (ELs) in an eighth-grade sheltered science classroom used visual and written resources in a unit on watersheds. The students first recorded their observations about stream tables through open-ended drawing and writing. Their own ideas were evident in these responses, but…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Science Instruction, Grade 8, Natural Resources
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Tang, Chungang; Song, Zidong – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2023
This paper is a lesson study of the instruction of China's Natural Resources (the third unit of eighth-grade geography), and its objective is to examine the efficacy of inquiry-based learning in geography education. In the experimental lesson, we reorganized the teaching content by integrating the learning materials from the four sections of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Secondary School Students, Geography Instruction
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Gugssa, Mulugeta Awayehu; Aasetre, Jørund – Environmental Education Research, 2023
Underpinned by the premise that teachers' conceptions determine their lesson planning and instructional practices, the study elucidates the prevalent ideas of teachers about two basic constructs: environment and environmental education. The study applied a phenomenographic framework to identify patterns in the conceptions of 17 primary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Environmental Education, Lesson Plans
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Catherine Lammert – Literacy, 2024
Incorporating climate change into literacy curriculum is an important goal globally, but one that has gone unmet in typical elementary classrooms. One reason may be a lack of preparation of teachers to select texts on this topic. This research involved preservice elementary literacy teachers in a children's literature course evaluating children's…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Climate, Literacy Education, Course Content
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Ratinen, Ilkka; Sarivaara, Erika; Kuukkanen, Pirjo – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2023
A reformed national curriculum has introduced transformative and sociocultural learning elements to the Finnish education system. In addition, sustainability and outdoor education remain pressing issues for Finnish educators. We conducted a content analysis of the views of outdoor education held by student teachers enrolled in first-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Outdoor Education
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McMillen, Jennifer D.; Swick, Shayna D.; Frazier, Lauren M.; Bishop, Matthew; Goodell, L. Suzanne – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2019
The perceived benefits of outdoor learning have influenced recommendations and policies alike in early childhood education, yet one component (garden education) in Head Start preschools is inconsistent and researchers do not yet know why. The purposes of this qualitative interview study were to explore preschool teachers' experiences and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Gardening, Preschool Education, Early Intervention
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Ford, Daniel; Blenkinsop, Sean – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2018
Through the personal this article seeks to extend the lived experience felt by the authors that all-inclusive nature, the more-than-human world, is agential and possesses the potential to be considered as guide and co-teacher. As a combination of vignettes and reflections it is auto-ethnographic (Holman-Jones 2013) in tone and method. Yet this…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Outdoor Education, Teaching Methods
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Hendra Michael Aquan; Luisa Diana Handoyo; Antonius Tri Priantoro – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2025
This study examines environmental awareness at a university in Indonesia, focusing on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in seven environmental areas: climate, water, food, energy, natural resources, biodiversity, and waste. A total of 442 respondents (380 students, 42 lecturers, 20 educational staff) were surveyed using a Likert scale…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Climate, Water, Food
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Sara Knight; Janine Kim Coates; Judith Lathlean; Rossana Perez-del-Aguila – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
A growing evidence base has demonstrated the value of Forest School as an outdoor learning approach which supports a range of benefits including improved physical, social and mental wellbeing, increased confidence and self-esteem and the development of problem-solving skills. However, critics of Forest School have argued that a lack of theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Forestry, Outdoor Education, Experiential Learning
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Wily Hartanto; Tarzan Purnomo; Pramita Yakub – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2024
Environmental problems caused by waste and exploitation of natural resources can be exacerbated by a lack of awareness and concern for the environment. One of the contributing factors is the lack of utilization of learning resources and environmental-based media in education. This study aims to develop and validate a teaching module based on the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment), Student Projects, Active Learning
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Beasley, Todd – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2022
The Native American Medicine Wheel is a powerful tool to bring alive curricular connections from science and history to mathematics and civics as part of schoolyard gardening initiatives. As a living lab these gardens also serve as valuable tools to reinforce lessons on habitat enhancement. However, deeper lessons connected to the cultures of…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Gardening, Teaching Methods, Natural Resources
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Basaran, Mustafa; Erol, Mustafa – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: In the study conducted with primary school students, the differences between STEM and STEAM activities and environmental awareness and environmental aesthetics were examined. Purpose: This study aims to examine the effects of traditional methods, STEM, and STEAM-based activities on primary school fourth-grade students' environmental…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, STEM Education, Art Education, Grade 4
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Shevock, Daniel J. – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2020
The 21st century has been defined by ecological crises, and these crises have been absent from most critical conversations in music teaching and learning. Satis Coleman's music education writings, influential in the 1920s and 30s, focused on music and nature. The intellectual history presented in this essay, a historiography of ideas and thinkers,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Natural Resources, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education
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