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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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

Social media testing can help educators hone effective messages for conservation

Silvert, Colby J., Warner, Laura A., Loizzo, Jamie, & Shellhouse, Jarred. (2021). Social media split testing and message framing: Emerging capacities to encourage residential water conservation. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 20, 334-346.

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

Overlapping factors in personal interpretation influence visitors' outcomes

Cook, Katelynn J., Hvenegaard, Glen T., & Halpenny, Elizabeth A. (2021). Visitor perceptions of the outcomes of personal interpretation in Alberta’s Provincial Parks. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 20, 49-65.

Extinction Studies encourages curiosity and story-making in children

Gobby, Brad, Merewether, Jane, & Nykiel, Annette. (2021). Extinction, education and the curious practice of visiting thrombolites. Environmental Education Research, 27, 217-233.

Optional conservation recommendations are more effective than mandates

Gonzalez, Andrea Martinez, Reynolds-Tylus, Tobias, & Quick, Brian L. (2021). Clustering energy and water conservation behaviors as choices: examining the moderating roles of message elaboration and involvement. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 20, 139-154.

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

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

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

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

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

Ethiopian environmental textbooks present an anthropocentric view of nature, need reform

Gugssa, Mulugeta Awayehu, Aasetre, Jorund, & Debele, Meskerem Lechissa. (2021). Views of "nature", the "environment" and the "human-nature" relationships in Ethiopian primary school textbooks. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30(2), 148-163. 10.1080/14616688.2020.1763564