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Direct linkRachel Stein; Karla Eitel; Janet Rachlow – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
Lidar remote sensing, which uses laser pulses to measure three-dimensional structure, has become essential across natural science disciplines. However, undergraduate students typically receive limited, if any, exposure to this technology and rarely have opportunities to experience it. Experiential and multi-modal courses may be ideal for…
Descriptors: Lasers, Measurement Equipment, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Kellen Copeland; Shaozeng Zhang; Bastian Thomsen; David Fennell; David G. Lewis; Sam Fennell; Amy Schneider; Marley Taylor; Dane Nickerson; Asier Hernandez-Saez; Bryan Breidenach; Kelly Faulkner; Judy Chen; Marshall Floyd; Liann Goldmann; Shelby Copeland; Max Duggan; Reilly Scheffing; Megan Mooney; Price Willoch; Matea Mihaljevic; Sommer Dalla-Bona; Michael Harte – Environmental Education Research, 2023
Wildlife-human relations in the United States are predominantly influenced by Euro-American sociocultural dynamics and (neo)colonial legacies. Humans dominate nonhuman animals through violence, suffering, and death. Wildlife management as a practice is becoming increasingly criticized. Disagreement emerges from epistemological and ontological…
Descriptors: Humanism, Experiential Learning, Environmental Education, Postcolonialism
Persson, Kristin; Andrée, Maria; Caiman, Cecilia – Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
This study explores how fieldwork can contribute to the development of ecological literacy and draws on actor-network theory and science studies which imply an understanding of agency as being distributed. The aim is to explore the consequences of the human-nonhuman encounters in fieldwork practice for the growth of ecological literacy. The…
Descriptors: Ecology, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
Adams, Dylan; Beauchamp, Gary – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
This research study explored the experiences of children (aged 9-10 years), from four different primary schools, playing a hunting game in a nature reserve. Previous research shows that children's play in green spaces can provide a number of benefits to children. However, there is a lack of research into children's experiences of playing in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Resources, Outdoor Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textLerstrup, Inger; Chawla, Louise; Heft, Harry – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
Employing the theoretical framework of ecological psychology, this article uses observations of children in a Danish forest preschool to identify features of the forest that the children engaged with frequently, with a particular focus on affordances of "small animals." The article describes children's fascination and interactions with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Natural Resources, Outdoor Education
Hicks, Jonathan R.; Stewart, William P. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
This study sought to explore the implications for individuals who experienced awe while in the presence of wildlife. A conceptual framework was adapted that integrated the theory of emotional learning with experiential learning theory. In-depth interviews brought into focus the resultant learning stemming from experiences of wildlife-inspired awe.…
Descriptors: Wildlife, Emotional Response, Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods
Desforges, Ruth – Primary Science, 2018
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has a huge collection of unique and curious objects from the natural world that have been loaned to us by HM Revenue and Customs after being seized at the UK border. Among the turtle shells and snake skins, the strangest of these is perhaps the freestanding rhino-foot ash tray. This single object can open up…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animals, Science Education, Wildlife
Talebpour, Laleh M.; Busk, Patricia L.; Heimlich, Joe E.; Ardoin, Nicole M. – Environmental Education Research, 2020
Children's connection to nature increasingly is of interest in education, psychology, urban planning, and other related fields. Research findings emphasize the central importance of early connections due to resulting benefits for environmental awareness, knowledge, social-emotional learning, health, and wellbeing. To more clearly conceptualize the…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Resident Camp Programs
Iversen, Elisabeth; Jónsdóttir, Guðrún – Environmental Education Research, 2019
This article explores factors that promote the practice of environmental citizenship in science education and aims to contribute to the development of the concept of practising environmental citizenship. We follow six Norwegian secondary students (aged 16-17) participating in a small-scale intervention study conducting an assignment on a…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Secondary School Students, Relevance (Education), Ecology
Debra Domres – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Charrettes have a long history of use in medical, architectural, and planning professions. An extensive literature search found little application of the charrette model implemented to advance, support, and identify transdisciplinarity (TD) research, transdisciplinary teaming models (TDM), transdisciplinary learning (TDL) supporting transformative…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning, Teamwork
Ortiz, Janel L.; Conkey, April A. T.; Brennan, Leonard A.; Fedynich, La Vonne; Green, Marybeth – American Biology Teacher, 2020
The lack of environmental education in many primary and secondary school systems is likely due to overloaded school curricula, lack of funds, large classroom sizes, and other contributing factors. Through the integration of hands-on activities following the training of teachers, we can improve the impact of environmental education. Our goals in…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Environmental Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement
Sponarski, Carly C.; Vaske, Jerry J.; Bath, Alistair J.; Loeffler, TA – Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
An experiential education program was designed to target risk perceptions and preventative measures that make people feel comfortable in human-coyote interactions. The research was conducted in a Canadian national park where a coyote caused a human fatality in 2009. Based on previous research, we explored the effects of an experience-based coyote…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Wildlife, Attitude Change
Hicks, Jonathan R. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
This pilot study identified and provided initial exploration into the notion that the presence of children can increase or amplify the emotional significance of encounters with white-tailed deer. Qualitative data demonstrated that Northern Illinois natural area decision makers found deer encounters to be more memorable when simultaneously sharing…
Descriptors: Animals, Experiential Learning, Environmental Education, Emotional Response
Gafoor, K. Abdul – Online Submission, 2017
Adopting an experiential learning explanation for varying student interest in the three sciences, out-of-school experience questionnaire, scale of interest in science and Kolb's learning style inventory were administered on 775 higher secondary students in Kerala. Despite their similar achievement levels, boys had higher interest in physics, and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Student Interests, Cognitive Style, Biology
Kirkman, Robbie – Primary Science, 2016
The Eden Project, an educational charity based in Cornwall, is home to the largest rainforest in captivity and is a unique and awe-inspiring destination. It is one thing to talk about the idea of adaptation to environment but quite another to actually go into the rainforest and use your senses to explore up close living examples of ingenious plant…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum, Science Activities
