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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“It is about being outside”: Canadian youth’s perspectives of good health and the environment
Woodgate, R. L., & Skarlato, O. (2015). “It is about being outside”: Canadian youth’s perspectives of good health and the environment. Health & Place, 31, 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.11.008
How might contact with nature promote human health? Promising mechanisms and a possible central pathway
Kuo, M. (2015). How might contact with nature promote human health? Promising mechanisms and a possible central pathway. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01093
Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation
Bratman, G.N., Hamilton, P., Hahn, K.S., Daily, G.C., & Gross, J.J. (2015). Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation. PNAS, 112(28), 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510459112
The influence of the neighborhood physical environment on early child health and development: A review and call for research
Christian, H., Zubrick, S.R., Foster, S., Giles-Corti, B., Bill, F., Wood, L., … Boruff, B. (2015). The influence of the neighborhood physical environment on early child health and development: A review and call for research. Health & Place, 33, 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.01.005
Benefits of nature contact for children
Chawla, L. (2015). Benefits of nature contact for children. Journal of Planning Literature, 30(4), 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885412215595441
Applying the Concept of Social Capital to Environmental Education
Krasny, M.E., Kalbacker, L., Stedman, R.C., & Russ, A. (2015). Measuring social capital among youth: Applications in environmental education. Environmental Education Research, 21(1), 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2013.843647
Measuring social capital among youth: Applications in environmental education
Krasny, M.E., Kalbacker, L., Stedman, R.C., & Russ, A. (2015). Measuring social capital among youth: Applications in environmental education. Environmental Education Research, 21(1), 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2013.843647
Neighborhood environments and socioeconomic inequalities in mental well-being
Mitchell, R.J., Richardson, E.A., Shortt, N.K., & Pearce, J.R. (2015). Neighborhood environments and socioeconomic inequalities in mental well-being. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 49(1), 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.01.017
Effect of time spent outdoors at school on the development of myopia among children in China
He, M., Xiang, F., Zeng, Y., Mai, J., Chen, Q., Zhang, J., … Morgan, I.G. (2015). Effect of time spent outdoors at school on the development of myopia among children in China. JAMA, 314(11), 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.10803
Enhancing Science Knowledge Through School Gardens
Wells, N.M., Myers, B.M., Todd, L.E., Barale, K., Gaolach, B., Ferenz, G., … Franz, N.K. (2015). The effects of school gardens on children’s science knowledge: A randomized controlled trial of low-income elementary schools. International Journal of Science Education, 37(17), 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2015.1112048
The effects of school gardens on children’s science knowledge: A randomized controlled trial of low-income elementary schools
Wells, N.M., Myers, B.M., Todd, L.E., Barale, K., Gaolach, B., Ferenz, G., … Franz, N.K. (2015). The effects of school gardens on children’s science knowledge: A randomized controlled trial of low-income elementary schools. International Journal of Science Education, 37(17), 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2015.1112048
Going, doing, gardening: School gardens in the underrepresented communities of LakeWorth, Palm Springs, and Greenacres, Florida
Wagenfeld, A., & Whitfield, E. (2015). Going, doing, gardening: School gardens in the underrepresented communities of LakeWorth, Palm Springs, and Greenacres, Florida. Children, Youth and Environments, 25(1), 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.25.1.0119