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Summarizes and evaluates dissimilar perspectives about what "if American schools are to serve the general welfare of a democratic society, they must effectively promote education for responsible citizenship" means and ho...
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Investigates the acceptability and possible role of virtual reality (VR) in environmental education. Among the principal findings were that the sample population of environmental educators indicated an acceptance of VR a...
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Presents conclusions from the Independent Commission on Environmental Education (ICEE) on the quality of environmental education teaching materials in the United States. ICEE strongly endorsed environmental education as ...
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Creation of an environmentally literate citizenry is a goal of environmental education. Examines literacy as an educational concern; discusses the establishment and identification of consensus standards for environmental...
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Assisting students in the development of their ability to think has long been a basic goal of education. Creative thinking and critical thinking have been defined jointly as higher-order thinking based on fact and logic,...
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This digest discusses the inclusion of "sustainability" concept in environmental education. Topics included are: (1) definiton of sustainability; (2) inclusion of the concept in the curriculum using interdisciplinary app...
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Activities in environmental education in the United States during the 1980s are summarized, in terms of audiences involved--formal (school), college/university, and nonformal. Discussion focuses on specific programs and ...
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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 s...
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This monograph includes eight papers which were presented at a joint conference of the Conservation Education Association and The North American Association for Environmental Education in 1989 at Estes Park, Colorado and...
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This article attempts to help teachers conceptualize science-related social issues and provides assistance in teaching such issues. Two teaching approaches are recommended: the case study approach and the investigation s...
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This digest identifies selected sources of materials for environmental education. Included are: the Educational Resources Information Center; the United States Environmental Protection Agency; the Public Broadcasting Sys...
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Reports on research studies concerning cognitive learning in the environment as it relates to elementary schools. Indicates that field instruction is useful in promoting and achieving cognitive gain when effectively plan...
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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...
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Discusses recent propositions by science educators and social studies educators on a Science/Technology/Society (S/T/S) approach to education. Identifies links between these emerging trends and the work of environmental ...
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Charting the curricular institutionalization of environmental education, particularly as it seeks to establish an appropriate niche in the K-12 curriculum, was the focus of a recent symposium held at the annual conferenc...