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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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

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

Anticolonial, creative, and embodied pedagogies centered on Indigenous knowledge(s) and relationships with the land and water are essential for transforming climate change education and cultivating more sustainable and just futures

Nxumalo, Fikile, & Montes, Pablo. (2023). Encountering creative climate change pedagogies: Cartographic interruptions. Research in Education, 117(1), 42-57. 10.1177/00345237231207493

Critical emotional awareness (CEA) is essential for teacher education to help educators and students process emotions effectively when learning about climate change while maintaining critical consciousness

Ojala, Maria. (2023). Climate-change education and critical emotional awareness (CEA): Implications for teacher education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55(10), 1109-1120. 10.1080/00131857.2022.2081150

Collaboration, professional development opportunities, and slow lesson integration may be key for sustainable development education

Hurd, Emily, & Ormsby, Alison A. (2021). Supporting K-12 teachers in the context of whole-school sustainability: four case studies. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 20, 303-318.

Lessons learned from Taiwan's nationwide education for sustainable development program

Huang, Ying-Syuan, Harvey, Blane, & Asghar, Anila. (2021). Bureaucratic exercise? Education for sustainable development in Taiwan through the stories of policy implementers. Environmental Education Research, 27, 1099-1114.

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

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

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

Lack of time is teachers' largest obstacle to participating in climate change professional development

Ennes, Megan, Lawson, Danielle F., Stevenson, Kathryn T., Peterson, Nils, & Jones, Gail. (2021). It’s about time: perceived barriers to in-service teacher climate change professional development. Environmental Education Research, 27, 762-778.

Hands-on experience broadens high school students' understanding of interdisciplinary environmental careers and increases personal resilience

Gupta, Rupanwita, LaMarca, Nicole, Rank, Shelley J., Flinner, Kate, & Ardalan, Nezam. (2021). Expanding high school youth’s perceptions of environmental careers and resilience development through conservation education. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 20, 376-392.