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

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

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

Undergraduate program designers can develop impactful experiences by considering program and landscape features that affect student learning

Bieluch, Karen Hutchins, Sclafani, Alexandra, Bolger, Douglas T., & Cox, Michael. (2021). Emergent learning outcomes from a complex learning landscape. Environmental Education Research, 27(10), 1467-1486. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1947985

Schools that implement education for sustainability should invest in developing sense of community among teachers

Gan, Dafna, & Alkaher, Iris. (2021). School staff perceptions on education for sustainability and sense of community as reflected in an elementary school culture in Israel. Environmental Education Research, 27(6), 821-847. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1892030

Forest school educators observe connection with nature in young children

Harris, Frances. (2021). Developing a relationship with nature and place: the potential role of forest school. Environmental Education Research, 27(8), 1214-1228. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1896679

Access to real data, geo-spatial tools, models, and field experience can improve environmental literacy

Marcum-Dietrich, Nanette, Kerlin, Steve, Hendrix, Amanda, Sorhagen, Nicole, Staudt, Carolyn, & Krauss, Zachary. (2021). Model my watershed: an investigation into the role of big data, technology, and models in promoting student interest in watershed action. The Journal of Environmental Education, 52(6), 384-397. 10.1080/00958964.2021.1979451

Dance and body movement can help young students understand and embody weather

Pollitt, Jo, Blaise, Mindy, & Rooney, Tonya. (2021). Weather bodies: experimenting with dance improvisation in environmental education in the early years. Environmental Education Research, 27(8), 1141-1151. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1926434

Stewardship activities can lead to more-than-human encounters

Ruck, Andy, & Mannion, Greg. (2021). Stewardship and beyond? Young people’s lived experience of conservation activities in school grounds. Environmental Education Research, 27(10), 1502-1516. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1964439

Applying personal experience may help students better understand complex environmental topics

Wiegelmann, Judith, & Zabel, Jörg. (2021). Biodiversity researchers as a model for school students: An innovative approach to foster meaningful understanding?. Environmental Education Research, 27(8), 1245-1262. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1905780

The limit of citizen science programs in the classroom

Williams, Katherine A., Hall, Troy E., & O’Connell, Kari. (2021). Classroom-based citizen science: impacts on students’ science identity, nature connectedness, and curricular knowledge. Environmental Education Research, 27(7), 1037-1053. 10.1080/13504622.2021.1927990