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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Cognitive, emotional, and sensory learning can inspire systemic environmental change

Goldman, Daphne, Alkaher, Iris, & Aram, Iggy. (2021). "Looking garbage in the eyes": From recycling to reducing consumerism- transformative environmental education at a waste treatment facility. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52(6), 398-416. 10.1080/00958964.2021.1952397

Schools that implement education for sustainability should invest in developing sense of community among teachers

Gan, Dafna, & Alkaher, Iris. (2021). School staff perceptions on education for sustainability and sense of community as reflected in an elementary school culture in Israel. Environmental Education Research, 27(6), 821-847. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1892030

New model gives six strategies for EE educators

Bowers, Alison W., & Creamer, Elizabeth G. (2021). A grounded theory systematic review of environmental education for secondary students in the United States. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30(3), 184-201. 10.1080/10382046.2020.1770446

Undergraduate program designers can develop impactful experiences by considering program and landscape features that affect student learning

Bieluch, Karen Hutchins, Sclafani, Alexandra, Bolger, Douglas T., & Cox, Michael. (2021). Emergent learning outcomes from a complex learning landscape. Environmental Education Research, 27(10), 1467-1486. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1947985

Experiential learning lacks in environmental and sustainability education in Basque Country, Spain

Agirreazkuenaga, Leire, & Martinez, Pedro Manuel. (2021). Secondary students’ perception, positioning and insight on education for sustainability. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30(3), 218-237. 10.1080/10382046.2021.1877952

Measuring environmental behaviors and attitudes in higher education students from Portugal

Sousa, Sara, Correia, Elisabete, Leite, Joana, & Viseu, Clara. (2021). Environmental knowledge, attitudes and behavior of higher education students: a case study in Portugal. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30(4), 348-365. 10.1080/10382046.2020.1838122

Educators employ strategies of engaging, validating, supporting, and empowering to help students cope with ecological distress and cultivate active hope in the face of climate change

Verlie, Blanche, Clark, Emily, Jarrett, Tamara, & Supriyono, Emma. (2021). Educators’ experiences and strategies for responding to ecological distress. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 37(2), 132-146. 10.1017/aee.2020.34

COVID-19 lessons can shape an ecopedagogy centered on environmental justice

Misiaszek, Greg William. (2021). Ecopedagogical literacy of a pandemic: Teaching to critically read the politics of COVID-19 with environmental issues. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52(5), 358-369. 10.1080/00958964.2021.1981206

The limit of citizen science programs in the classroom

Williams, Katherine A., Hall, Troy E., & O’Connell, Kari. (2021). Classroom-based citizen science: impacts on students’ science identity, nature connectedness, and curricular knowledge. Environmental Education Research, 27(7), 1037-1053. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1927990

Environmental education should consider non-human centered approaches to teaching for better understanding of animal welfare issues

Almeida, António, & Fernández, Beatriz García. (2021). Attitudes towards animal welfare in Portuguese students from the 6th and the 9th year of schooling: implications for environmental education. Environmental Education Research, 27, 911-935.

Applying personal experience may help students better understand complex environmental topics

Wiegelmann, Judith, & Zabel, Jörg. (2021). Biodiversity researchers as a model for school students: An innovative approach to foster meaningful understanding?. Environmental Education Research, 27(8), 1245-1262. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1905780

Agroecology education programs that are closely tied to social movements and food sovereignty networks are more likely to have a transformative approach, regardless of their institutional setting

Rivera-Ferre, Marta G., Gallar, David, Calle-Collado, Ángel, & Pimentel, Vania. (2021). Agroecological education for food sovereignty: Insights from formal and non-formal spheres in Brazil and Spain. Journal of Rural Studies, 88, 138-148. 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.10.003