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Linking a Conceptual Framework on Systems Thinking with Experiential Knowledge
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Garavito-Bermúdez, Diana; Lundholm, Cecilia; Crona, Beatrice – Environmental Education Research, 2016
This paper addresses a systemic approach for the study of fishers' ecological knowledge in order to describe fishers' ways of knowing and dealing with complexity in ecosystems, and discusses how knowledge is generated through, e.g. apprenticeship, experiential knowledge, and testing of hypotheses. The description and analysis of fishers'…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Systems Approach, Employees, Knowledge Level
An Evaluation of the Environmental Literacy of Preservice Teachers in Turkey through Rasch Analysis
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Teksoz, G. Tuncer; Boone, J. W.; Tuzun, O. Yilmaz; Oztekin, C. – Environmental Education Research, 2014
The purpose of this study was to make use of proposed definitions of environmental literacy to (1) guide the application of Rasch analysis and (2) utilize the developed instrumentation to further inform the work of environmental educators. A total of 2311 preservice teachers attending Faculty of Education departments of four public universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Environmental Education, Knowledge Level
Identifying Needs and Enhancing Learning about Climate Change Adaptation for Water Professionals at the Post-Graduate Level
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George, David Alan; Tan, Poh-Ling; Clewett, Jeffrey Frank – Environmental Education Research, 2016
Using a participatory learning approach, we report on the delivery and evaluation of a climate change and risk assessment tool to help manage water risks within the agricultural sector. Post-graduate water-professional students from a range of countries, from both developed and emerging economies were involved in using this tool. Our approach…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Risk Assessment, Water Quality
What Do People Know about Key Environmental Issues? A Review of Environmental Knowledge Surveys
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Robelia, Beth; Murphy, Tony – Environmental Education Research, 2012
This paper presents results from 15 little publicized state and national environmental surveys in the US that used similar questions. Our analysis reveals trends in adult understanding of environmental issues. These trends indicate that many may have difficulty making informed decisions about environmental policy as citizens, voters, and…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, State Surveys, Environmental Research, National Surveys
Exploring a Systems Approach to Mainstreaming Sustainability in Universities: A Case Study of Rhodes University in South Africa
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Togo, Muchaiteyi; Lotz-Sisitka, Heila – Environmental Education Research, 2013
This paper explores the use of systems theory to inform the mainstreaming of sustainability in a university's functions as it responds to sustainable development challenges in its local context. Offering a case study of Rhodes University, the paper shows how the use of systems models and concepts, underpinned by a critical realist ontology and an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Sustainable Development
The Environmental Education through Filmmaking Project
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Harness, Hallie; Drossman, Howard – Environmental Education Research, 2011
The environmental education through filmmaking project, a case study at an alternative US public high school, investigates environmental literacies of "at-risk" students who produced two short documentary films, one on recycling and one on water conservation. The filmmaking project sought to promote students' awareness of environmental issues and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Photography, Water Quality, Water