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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Forest Schools should maintain core principles as they expand into different contexts

Dean, Stephanie. (2019). Seeing the Forest and the Trees: A Historical and Conceptual Look at Danish Forest Schools. The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 6, 53-63.

Outdoor learning may bolster ecological identity and nature connectedness in pre-service teachers

Gray, Donald Stuart, & Colucci-Gray, Laura. (2019). Laying down a path in walking: student teachers’ emerging ecological identities. Environmental Education Research, 25, 341-364.

Estimating the scope and composition of environmental education in the U.S.

Gupta, Rupanwita, Fraser, John, Shane-Simpson, Christina, Danoff-Burg, Sharon, & Ardalan, Nezam. (2019). Estimating scale, diversity, and professional training of environmental educators in the U.S. Environmental Education Research, 25, 75-91.

Preschoolers' drawing show positive relationships with nature with differences based on gender and age

Ahi, B., & Atasoy, V. (2019). A phenomenographic investigation into preschool children’s relationships with nature through drawings. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 28(4), 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2019.1649248

Changing teacher practice through a long-term professional development opportunity

Hayes, Kathryn N., Wheaton, Mele, & Tucker, Deborah. (2019). Understanding teacher instructional change: the case of integrating NGSS and stewardship in professional development. Environmental Education Research, 25, 115-134.

Setting nature connectedness goals in early childhood education curricula

Barrable, Alexia. (2019). The Case for Nature Connectedness as a Distinct Goal of Early Childhood Education. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 6, 12.

Climate change education could benefit from being more ideologically inclusive

Kunkle, Kristen A., & Monroe, Martha C. (2019). Cultural cognition and climate change education in the U.S.: why consensus is not enough. Environmental Education Research, 25, 633-655.

Internships increase self-efficacy of minority students and increase high school student interest in natural resources careers

Morales, Nia, & Jacobson, Susan K. (2019). Assessing natural resource internships: A social cognitive analysis of national diversity programs. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 18, 96-112.

Climate change training for teachers should use a multidisciplinary, data-driven approach

Sezen-Barrie, Asli, Shea, Nicole, & Borman, Jenna Hope. (2019). Probing into the sources of ignorance: science teachers’ practices of constructing arguments or rebuttals to denialism of climate change. Environmental Education Research, 25, 846-866.

Transformational Learning in Chile Opens New Possibilities of Action

Aedo, María Paz, Peredo, Santiago, & Schaeffer, Colombina. (2019). From an essential being to an actor’s becoming: political ecology transformational learning experiences in adult education. Environmental Education Research, 25, 33-45.

Examining increases in youth science and identity outcomes from climate action filmmaking

Walsh, Elizabeth M., & Cordero, Eugene. (2019). Youth science expertise, environmental identity, and agency in climate action filmmaking. Environmental Education Research, 25, 656-677.

Ecological literature can shift environmental identities and attitudes

Willis, Alette. (2019). Conversations in the wildwood: narrators, readers and the rise of the ecological self. Environmental Education Research, 25, 443-457.