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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Nature preschools offer active outdoor time and solidify parental commitment to nature play
Fyfe-Johnson, Amber L., Saelens, Brian E., Christakis, Dimitri A., & Tandon, Pooja S. (2019). Physical activity and parental attitudes and beliefs of children attending a nature preschool. The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 6, 3-17.
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.
Measuring a baseline for systems thinking in geography at the high school level
Cox, Marjolein, Elen, Jan, & Steegen, An. (2019). Systems thinking in geography: can high school students do it?. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 28, 37-52.
Providing teacher trainings in GIS to support integration into K-12 classrooms
Collins, Larianne, & Mitchell, Jerry T. (2019). Teacher training in GIS: what is needed for long-term success?. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 28, 118-135.
Updates to the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) survey and comments on how the scale should be used
Bernstein, Jennifer, & Szuster, Brian W. (2019). The new environmental paradigm scale: Reassessing the operationalization of contemporary environmentalism. The Journal of Environmental Education, 50, 73-83.
Developing a tool to measure belief in climate change denial arguments
Bentley, Andrew P. K., Petcovic, Heather L., & Cassidy, David P. (2019). Development and validation of the anthropogenic climate change dissenter inventory. Environmental Education Research, 25, 867-882.
Editorial: Academic environmental organizations may fill critical need for environmental education at universities
Sterbuleac, Daniel, & Toma, Ovidiu. (2019). The overlooked role of academic environmental organizations in addressing environmental education issues. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 18, 91-94.
How environmental club participation may develop ecocentric mindsets
Smith, William. (2019). The role of environment clubs in promoting ecocentrism in secondary schools: student identity and relationship to the earth. The Journal of Environmental Education, 50, 52-71.
Short-term conservation education and wildlife viewing program can increase conservation mentality
Smith, Rachel, Witherington, Blair, Heimlich, Joe E., Lindborg, Rebekah J., Neidhardt, Emily, & Savage, Anne. (2019). Public sea turtle watches serve as effective environmental education. Environmental Education Research, 25, 292-308.
Addressing gaps in biodiversity knowledge and improving awareness
Shah, Alexandra, & Parsons, E. C. M. (2019). Lower public concern for biodiversity than for wilderness, natural places, charismatic megafauna and/or habitats. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 18, 79-90.
Nature club encourages middle school students to avoid hunting birds and eating native insects
Zhang, Weizhe, Zhao, Jinli, & Chen, Jin. (2019). Nature club programs promote adolescents’ conservation behavior: A case study in China’s biodiversity hotspot. The Journal of Environmental Education, 50, 192-207.
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.