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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Environmental Education Can Engage Students Who Are Resistant to School and Encourage Critical Thinking

Blatt, Erica N. (2013). Exploring environmental identity and behavioral change in an environmental science course. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 8, 467-488.

Student-Led Learning With Teacher Facilitators Pays Off With Longer Knowledge Retention

Sellmann, Daniela, & Bogner, Franz Xaver. (2013). Climate change education: quantitatively assessing the impact of a botanical garden as an informal learning environment. Environmental Education Research, 19, 415-429.

Children Went From Feeling Powerless to Powerful

Tsevreni, I. (2011). Towards an environmental education without scientific knowledge: an attempt to create an action model based on children’s experiences, emotions and perceptions about their environment. Environmental Education Research, 17, 53-67.

New Zealand Education Program Impacts Students' Lives Outside the Classroom and Teaches Them to Find Solutions

Birdsall, Sally. (2010). Empowering students to act: Learning about, through and from the nature of action. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 26, 65-84.

Teacher Calls Hooked on Fishing Program “Single Most Influential Experience”

Flowers, Alice B. (2010). Blazing an evaluation pathway: Lessons learned from applying utilization-focused evaluation to a conservation education program. Evaluation and Program Planning, 33, 165-171.

Fourth Grade Inner-City Kids Wowed Teachers by Taking the Initiative to Dream Up a Community Pond Clean Up

Bodzin, Alec M. (2008). Integrating instructional technologies in a local watershed investigation with urban elementary learners. Journal of Environmental Education, 39, 47-58.

Students Say They Learned Better Than in a Traditional Classroom Setting and Even Convinced Family Members to Adopt Environmentally-Friendly Behavior

Schneller, Andrew Jon. (2008). Environmental service learning: outcomes of innovative pedagogy in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Environmental Education Research, 14, 291-307.

Just One Day Results in a Lasting Impact

Farmer, James, Knapp, Doug, & Benton, Gregory M. (2007). An elementary school environmental education field trip: Long-term effects on ecological and environmental knowledge and attitude development. Journal of Environmental Education, 38, 33-42.

Environmental Education Program Was an “Equalizer” Among Kids With Very Different Skill Levels and Backgrounds

Ernst, Julie, & Monroe, Martha C. (2004). The effects of environment-based education on students’ critical thinking skills and disposition toward critical thinking. Environmental Education Research, 10, 507-522.

Study Finds the “Magic” of a Hawaii Program Boosted Kids' Confidence, Interest in School, Scores on Critical Thinking and Cognitive Achievement Tests

Volk, Trudi L., & Cheak, Marie J. (2003). The effects of an environmental education program on students, parents, and community. Journal of Environmental Education, 34, 12-25.