eeRESEARCH

eeRESEARCH combines research for environmental education and the movement to connect children and nature. The database includes multiple ways to search for articles, syntheses, and research summaries. 

This project is a partnership with Children & Nature Network and NAAEE. Funded by the Pisces Foundation with support from ee360, ee360+, and the U.S. Forest Service. Learn more.

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Examining increases in youth science and identity outcomes from climate action filmmaking

Walsh, Elizabeth M., & Cordero, Eugene. (2019). Youth science expertise, environmental identity, and agency in climate action filmmaking. Environmental Education Research, 25, 656-677.

Ecological literature can shift environmental identities and attitudes

Willis, Alette. (2019). Conversations in the wildwood: narrators, readers and the rise of the ecological self. Environmental Education Research, 25, 443-457.

Environmental and sustainability educators can influence political discourse in learning environments

Van Poeck, Katrien, & Östman, Leif. (2018). Creating space for ‘the political’ in environmental and sustainability education practice: a Political Move Analysis of educators’ actions. Environmental Education Research, 24, 1406-1423.

Developing Self-Efficacy in Pre-Service Teachers to Further Education for Sustainability

Gan, Dafna, & Gal, Adiv. (2018). Self-efficacy for promoting EfS among pre-service teachers in Israel. Environmental Education Research, 24, 1062-1075.

Context shapes environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors

Braun, Tina, Cottrell, Richard, & Dierkes, Paul. (2018). Fostering changes in attitude, knowledge and behavior: demographic variation in environmental education effects. Environmental Education Research, 24, 899-920.

Exploring whether and how empathy for animals may lead to conservation behaviors

Young, A., Khalil, K.A., & Wharton, J. (2018). Empathy for animals: A review of the existing literature. Curator: The Museum Journal, 61(2), 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cura.12257

Evaluating the potential of BioBlitz citizen science to promote environmental behavior

Postles, Matthew, & Bartlett, Madeleine. (2018). The rise of BioBlitz: Evaluating a popular event format for public engagement and wildlife recording in the United Kingdom. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 17, 365-379.

Evaluating stakeholders' perceptions of environmental education programming

Reese, Ryan F. (2018). Adult stakeholder perceptions of 4th grade participation in children’s forest environmental education programming. Environmental Education Research, 24, 1211-1223.

Evaluating the Impact of Nature Preschools on Creative Thinking in Early Childhood

Wojciehowski, Mandi, & Ernst, Julie. (2018). Creative by Nature: Investigating the Impact of Nature Preschools on Young Children’s Creative Thinking. The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 6, 3-20.

Hands-on learning experiences involving a wide range of people, including farmers and activists, are essential for shaping "expert-generalists" who can create sustainable food systems

David, Christophe, & Bell, Michael M. (2018). New challenges for education in agroecology. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 42(6), 612-619. 10.1080/21683565.2018.1426670

Reflections, experiential learning, and guest speakers help shift university students' paradigms and action competence

Piasentin, Flora Bonazzi, & Roberts, Lin. (2018). What elements in a sustainability course contribute to paradigm change and action competence? A study at Lincoln University, New Zealand. Environmental Education Research, 24, 694-715.

Contextualizing the environment in Next Generation Science Standards

Hufnagel, Elizabeth, Kelly, Gregory J., & Henderson, Joseph A. (2018). How the environment is positioned in the Next Generation Science Standards: a critical discourse analysis. Environmental Education Research, 24, 731-753.