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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New "Hope Wheel" model helps teachers to integrate hope into climate change education

Finnegan, William, & d’Abreu, Cathy. (2024). The hope wheel: a model to enable hope-based pedagogy in Climate Change Education. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1347392+. 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1347392

Transformative education approaches incorporating knowledge (heads), emotions (hearts), and action (hands) can help learners process eco/climate anxiety while fostering environmental engagement

Olsen, Emily K., Lawson, Danielle F., McClain, Lucy R., & Plummer, Julia D. (2024). Heads, hearts, and hands: a systematic review of empirical studies about eco/climate anxiety and environmental education. Environmental Education Research, 1-28. 10.1080/13504622.2024.2315572

Justice-driven CCE extends beyond traditional STEM settings, emphasizes people-focused over planet-focused aims, and encompasses diverse educational processes and outcomes across formal, community-based, and activist learning contexts

Trott, Carlie D., Lam, Stephanie, Roncker, Jessica, Gray, Emmanuel-Sathya, Courtney, Hayden, & Even, Trevor L. (2023). Justice in climate change education: a systematic review. Environmental Education Research, 29(11), 1535-1572. 10.1080/13504622.2023.2181265

A landscape analysis reveals significant gaps in educational programming that addresses both gender equality and climate justice, despite growing global advocacy for such intersectional approaches

Kwauk, Christina T., & Wyss, Natalie. (2023). Gender equality and climate justice programming for youth in low- and middle-income countries: an analysis of gaps and opportunities. Environmental Education Research, 29(11), 1573-1596. 10.1080/13504622.2022.2123894

Indigenous Fijian concept of "curui" offers a framework for understanding how climate justice, gender equality and education policies can be more effectively interwoven, highlighting current gaps in policy alignment

Lagi, Rosiana, Waqailiti, Ledua, Raisele, Kolaia, Tyson, Lorena Sanchez, & Nussey, Charlotte. (2023). ‘Curui’: weaving climate justice and gender equality into Fijian educational policies and practices. Comparative Education, 59(2), 305-324. 10.1080/03050068.2023.2188370

Climate change education must center equity and justice to effectively address the complex intersections of environmental, social, and educational inequities that characterize both the causes and impacts of climate change

Sover, Katherine, & Walsh, Elizabeth M. (2022). Introduction: Climate Change Education Must Be Education for Justice: Historical and Conceptual Foundations for Centering Equity in Climate Change Education. In Justice and Equity in Climate Change Education. Routledge.

Hands-on, community-based research programs can be a powerful way to teach students about sustainable agriculture

Nordstrom, Karen L., Horner, Catherine E., Méndez, Ernesto, Izzo, Victor, Carpenter, Nell, Faulkner, Joshua W., & Caswell, Martha. (2022). An Undergraduate Agroecology Research Fellows Program Engages Co-learning Through Participatory Action Research. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 760995+. 10.3389/fsufs.2021.760995

Emotions play a crucial role in education for environmental sustainability and climate change, requiring new teaching approaches

Dunlop, Lynda, & Rushton, Elizabeth A. C. (2022). Education for Environmental Sustainability and the Emotions: Implications for Educational Practice. Sustainability, 14(8), 4441+. 10.3390/su14084441

Environmental education must move beyond climate literacy to address sociopolitical dimensions and incorporate local knowledge for effective climate justice education, particularly in the Global South

Dutta, Deborah. (2022). Environmental Education for Climate Justice: An Indian Perspective. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-1731

Co-development of learning activities with a community can lead to better educational outcomes

Leach, Carrie, Schroeck, N., Blessman, J., Rorai, V., Cooper-Sargent, M., Lichtenberg, P. A., & Trentacosta, C. J. (2022). Engaged communication of environmental health science: Processes and outcomes of urban academic-community partnerships. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 21(1), 7-22. 10.1080/1533015X.2021.1930609

A review of curricular updates in technology subjects for students in Ireland

McGarr, Oliver, & Lynch, Raymond. (2021). Analysing the construction of ’sustainability’ in lower secondary school technology syllabi in Ireland. Environmental Education Research, 27(7), 992-1010. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1903837

Forest school educators observe connection with nature in young children

Harris, Frances. (2021). Developing a relationship with nature and place: the potential role of forest school. Environmental Education Research, 27(8), 1214-1228. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1896679