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.
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Active learning encourages pro-climate and pro-environmental behavior in adolescents
Wu, Jing, & Otsuka, Yoshiki. (2021). Pro-climate behaviour and the influence of learning sources on it in Chinese adolescents. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30, 24-38.
Climate-themed student films emphasize individual behavior change instead of structural changes
Tayne, Kelsey, Littrell, Megan K., Okochi, Christine, Gold, Anne U., & Leckey, Erin. (2021). Framing action in a youth climate change filmmaking program: hope, agency, and action across scales. Environmental Education Research, 27, 706-726.
Regular field trips in elementary schools build connection with the more-than-human world
Stapleton, Sarah Riggs, & Lynch, Kathryn. (2021). Fostering relationships between elementary students and the more-than-human world using movement and stillness. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52, 272-289.
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.
Dance and body movement can help young students understand and embody weather
Pollitt, Jo, Blaise, Mindy, & Rooney, Tonya. (2021). Weather bodies: experimenting with dance improvisation in environmental education in the early years. Environmental Education Research, 27(8), 1141-1151. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1926434
High school students' attitudes towards geography education are linked to teaching and career opportunities
Opoku, Foster, Serbeh, Richard, & Amoah, Ebenezer Gyampoh. (2021). Geography education in perspective: an enquiry into Ghanaian senior high school students’ positive and negative attitudes towards geography. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30(1), 39-53. 10.1080/10382046.2020.1727115
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
Instructors can also benefit from residential outdoor environmental education (ROEE) programs
Mateer, Timothy J., Taff, Derrick, Hunt, Carter A., Allison, Pete, & Will, Ellen. (2021). Understanding emerging adult identity development through work at a residential outdoor environmental education program: an application of social practice theory. Environmental Education Research, 27(9), 1383-1400. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1927994
Civic ecology in environmental education can build social-ecological resilience in at risk communities
Maharramli, Bemmy, Bredow, Victoria Lowerson, & Goodwin, Lindsay. (2021). Using civic ecology education to foster social-ecological resilience: A case study from Southern California. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52(6), 445-462. 10.1080/00958964.2021.1999886
Media coverage on green buildings may complement sustainability education
Lindsay, Georgia, Cole, Laura B., Akturk, Aysegul, & Akin, Heather. (2021). Pressing issues: Setting a sustainability agenda through media coverage of green science museums. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 20(4), 347-360. 10.1080/1533015X.2021.1893866
Zoos can increase wildlife conservation attitudes in visitors
Kleespies, Matthias Winfried, Montes, Natalia Álvarez, Bambach, Alina Miriam, Gricar, Eva, Wenzel, Volker, & Dierkes, Paul Wilhelm. (2021). Identifying factors influencing attitudes towards species conservation - a transnational study in the context of zoos. Environmental Education Research, 27(10), 1421-1439. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1927993
Climate change messages framed in an economic lens increase students' environmental awareness and decision-making
Kang, Jinyoung, & Hong, Jong Ho. (2021). Framing effect of environmental cost information on environmental awareness among high school students. Environmental Education Research, 27(6), 936-953. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1928607