Introduction

ChangeScale is partnering with researchers at Stanford University to create this eighth issue of the Environmental Education Research Bulletin. The most talented environmental educators we know are conducting place-based programs, collaborating with communities, and using hands-on strategies to make critical links between enhancing environmental awareness, building skills, and supporting informed action. Yet rarely do these committed professionals have time to keep up on the latest research, whose beneficial findings may enhance the effectiveness of environmental education programming. To that end, these bulletins aim to help bridge the research-to-practice gap by summarizing recently reported research. In turn, we hope that practitioners may be inspired to infuse their work with recent research findings.

In this issue, we include synopses of peer-reviewed journal articles that are particularly relevant for frontline environmental education practitioners. We reviewed issues (published from July to December 2014) of a number of environmental education-related journals, including Journal of Environmental Education, Environmental Education Research, Applied Environmental Education & Communications, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, Journal of Experiential Education, International Journal of Science Education, Science Education, Visitor Studies, Journal of Interpretation Research, Environmental Research Letters, and Journal of Environmental Psychology.

ABOUT THE RESEARCH BULLETIN

The Environmental Education Research Bulletin is a project of ChangeScale in partnership with Dr. Nicole Ardoin at Stanford University. The bulletin is designed to inform environmental and sustainability educators about recent relevant research, with a primary emphasis on informal, field, and residential settings, as well as stewardship behavior, conservation, and related topics. Although other environmental educators and those in related fields might also find this bulletin useful, it does not—nor is it intended to—cover all aspects of environmental education. This Research Bulletin, as well as past issues, is available online through the ChangeScale website: www.changescale.org. Please send questions and feedback to eeresearchbulletins@changescale.org.