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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Teaching Sustainability through Transformative Learning Experiences
Feriver, Şebnem, Teksöz, Gaye, Olgan, Refika, & Reid, Alan. (2016). Training early childhood teachers for sustainability: towards a ‘learning experience of a different kind’. Environmental Education Research, 22, 717-746.
Young Children's Embodied Encounters with Nature
Jørgensen, K-A. (2016). Bringing the jellyfish home: Environmental consciousness and ‘sense of wonder’ in young children’s encounters with natural landscapes and places. Environmental Education Research, 22(8), 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1068277
Examples of activities to foster collaboration for a sustainable future
McGreavy, Bridie, Druschke, Caroline Gottschalk, Sprain, Leah, Thompson, Jessica L., & Lindenfeld, Laura A. (2016). Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 15, 261-274.
Environmental hope encourages pro-environmental behaviors in students
Kerret, Dorit, Orkibi, Hod, & Ronen, Tammie. (2016). Testing a model linking environmental hope and self-control with students’ positive emotions and environmental behavior. The Journal of Environmental Education, 47, 307-317.
Using a theoretical framework to promote lasting change in sustainability education within higher education institutions
Holdsworth, Sarah, & Thomas, Ian. (2016). A sustainability education academic development framework (SEAD). Environmental Education Research, 22, 1073-1097.
How to encourage elementary teachers to use school gardens as a teaching complement
Kincy, Natalie, Fuhrman, Nicholas E., Navarro, Maria, & Knauft, David. (2016). Predicting teacher likelihood to use school gardens: A case study. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 15, 138-149.
Using the Evaluability Assessment Method to Determine Programming's Intended Outcomes
da Silva, Daniela Salvatierra, Jacobson, Susan K., Monroe, Martha C., & Israel, Glenn D. (2016). Using evaluability assessment to improve program evaluation for the Blue-throated Macaw Environmental Education Project in Bolivia. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 15, 312-324.
Compassion towards other humans positively correlates with pro-environmental tendencies and increases pro-environmental intentions
Pfattheicher, Stefan, Sassenrath, Claudia, & Schindler, Simon. (2016). Feelings for the suffering of others and the environment: Compassion fosters proenvironmental tendencies. Environment and Behavior, 48, 929-945.
Developing Long-Term Environmental Identity
Williams, C.C., & Chawla, L. (2016). Environmental identity formation in nonformal environmental education programs. Environmental Education Research, 22(7), 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1055553
School gardens in the city. Does environmental equity help close the achievement gap?
Ray, R., Fisher, D.R., & Fisher-Maltese, C. (2016). School gardens in the city. Does environmental equity help close the achievement gap?. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 13(2), 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742058X16000229
A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: Synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence
Ohly, H., Gentry, S., Wigglesworth, R., Bethel, A., Lovell, R., & Garside, R. (2016). A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: Synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health, 16(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2941-0
Characteristics of forest sites used by a Danish forest preschool
Lerstrup, I., & Refshauge, A.D. (2016). Characteristics of forest sites used by a Danish forest preschool. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 20(1), 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2016.09.010