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Download full textHowe, Robert W. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about pupil achievement, skills, and attitudes related to the environment. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their environmental education programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, and supplementing instructional…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, Elementary School Science
Howe, Robert W.; Disinger, John F. – 1988
Goals and objectives of many state and local environmental education programs have included developing students with knowledge, skills, positive attitudes and motivation to take action, to prevent and to resolve environmental problems. This digest describes variables involved in developing responsible environmental behavior and some teaching…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Concept Formation, Curriculum
Helgeson, Stanley L.; Howe, Robert W. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about pupil achievement, skills, and attitudes related to science. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their science programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, changing and supplementing instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Howe, Robert W.; Disinger, John F. – 1988
Research related to environmental education has consistently indicated that many students and young adults attribute a large amount of their knowledge of environmental concepts, problems, and issues to out-of-school (non-formal) educational settings and experiences. Data also indicate that students and young adults attribute much of their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Studies
Ramsey, Gregor A.; Howe, Robert W. – Sci. and Children, 1969
Research studies on instructional procedures in elementary school science are reviewed for the period 1960-68. Proposed is a model of an instructional sequence which is used as a reference point for analyzing the studies. Areas discussed include audiovisual aids, comparative studies, ability grouping, use of reading materials, programed…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Audiovisual Aids, Concept Formation, Creativity
Disinger, John F.; Howe, Robert W. – 1990
This publication reviews the literature pertaining to teacher education in, about, and for environmental education. The first section includes the definition, goals, and objective of environmental education. The second section summarizes the recent and current status of environmental education in elementary and secondary schools in the United…
Descriptors: College Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Howe, Robert W.; Disinger, John F. – 1990
The ability to think critically is essential if individuals are to live, work, and function effectively in our current and changing society. The activities included in this publication were selected to identify a variety of effective strategies for teaching critical thinking skills through environmental education. Activities include library…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conservation (Environment), Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking
