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

Authentically integrating Indigenous knowledge(s) in early childhood education powerfully enriches children's development of botanical literacies

Beasley, Kimberley, Hesterman, Sandra, MacCallum, Judy, & Lee-Hammond, Libby. (2023). Indigenous Knowledge Sharing and Botanical Literacies in Early Childhood Education. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 10(2), 21-35.

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

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

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

Successful program implementation may depend on the staff administering the program

Schulz, John H., Stanis, Sonja A. Wilhelm, Li, Christine Jie, Morgan, Mark, & Webb, Elisabeth B. (2022). Factors affecting staff support of a voluntary nonlead ammunition outreach program. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 21(1), 55-72. 10.1080/1533015X.2021.1943062

Engaging students, teachers, and parents in recycling education can build community habits

Taghdisi, Mohammad Hossein, Estebsari, Fatemeh, Gholami, Mitra, Hosseini, Agha Fatemeh, Milani, Arezoo Sheikh, Abolkheirian, Samaneh, & Kandi, Zahra Rahimi Khalifeh. (2022). A training program of source-separated recycling for primary school students: Applying the health promoting schools model. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 21(1), 102-117. 10.1080/1533015X.2021.2001392

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

Ethiopian environmental textbooks present an anthropocentric view of nature, need reform

Gugssa, Mulugeta Awayehu, Aasetre, Jorund, & Debele, Meskerem Lechissa. (2021). Views of "nature", the "environment" and the "human-nature" relationships in Ethiopian primary school textbooks. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30(2), 148-163. 10.1080/14616688.2020.1763564

EE should embrace ecosocialism, as capitalism is incompatible with environmental protection

Arenas, Alberto. (2021). Pandemics, capitalism, and an ecosocialist pedagogy. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52(6), 371-383. 10.1080/00958964.2021.1999197

Experiential learning lacks in environmental and sustainability education in Basque Country, Spain

Agirreazkuenaga, Leire, & Martinez, Pedro Manuel. (2021). Secondary students’ perception, positioning and insight on education for sustainability. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 30(3), 218-237. 10.1080/10382046.2021.1877952