The Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP) goals are: (a) increasing students' understanding of the nature of ecological impacts within their watershed as related to historic mining damage; and (b) increasing students' sense of stewardship of newly restored landscapes. Data from 2012 to 2016 were evaluated for student knowledge gains (46…

In this study, we assessed how 34 young adult participants in an environmental education (EE) program from 2011 to 2014 constructed their learning outcomes through interviews and the exploration of autobiographical memory functions (AMFs) regarding program experiences. We articulated a variety of directive, social, and self AMFs, including the…

The US Forest Service has a long history of youth conservation education. We investigated U.S. Forest Service citizen science programs that involve secondary school students in field collection of monitoring data to understand (1) how the programs integrated science and environmental education and (2) whether these programs advance ecological…

This article reports on the development of a theory-informed assessment instrument for use in evaluating environmental education programs. The instrument involves coding learners' brief reflective writing on five established educational and social psychological constructs that correspond to five important goals of environmental education:…

Given the fundamental objective of ESD--perspective change--it is increasingly being aligned with the theoretical foundation of Mezirow's Transformative Learning. In 2008, Sipos et al. built upon this connection by proposing a matrix of learning objectives to assess ESD in formal settings. These objectives, grouped under the title of…

The first-ever U. S. Department of Education summit on sustainability, "Sustainability Education Summit: Citizenship and Pathways for a Green Economy," was held on Sept. 20-21, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The Sustainability Education Summit (the Summit) brought together leaders from higher education, business and industry, labor,…

A growing body of literature on community gardening, watershed restoration, and similar "civic ecology" practices suggests avenues for integrating social and ecological outcomes in urban natural resources management. In this paper, we argue that an environmental education programme in which learning is situated in civic ecology practices…

Environmental literacy has been defined in various ways: from acquisition of scientific knowledge to addressing environmental concerns through indigenous knowledge. Program planners and educators need to identify and employ strategies for inclusive program development where all stakeholders are given an equal opportunity to share their opinions as…

This issue of the newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science has as its theme International Science Education. It contains reports from five science education projects located in Great Britain, the West Indies, Africa, Thailand, and Australia. Also included is an article by Dr. Albert V. Baez, Chairman of the AAAS…

The Institute for Earth Education is a nonprofit volunteer group made up of an international network of individuals and member organizations devoted to helping people live more lightly on the earth. This book proposes an alternative path to solve environmental problems. The program, called the earth education path, seeks to accomplish one of…

Describes an environmental education program at a high school in Massachusetts in which alternative approaches to community environmental action are stressed. Students are exposed to general environmental knowledge, information regarding environmental crises, human/nature relationships, and possible solutions to environmental problems. (DB)

Much of the material in this publication was collected in preparation for a symposium on "Undergraduate Studies in Environmental Science." The introduction emphasizes the importance of environmental education. A section on "What do Students Want?" contains student opinions and descriptions of student-developed programs. A section entitled "New…

This article presents a short version of the rationale for the environmental education program now going on in Maine." (Author/JS)

Training people to become self-sufficient doers instead of remaining passive watchers is the aim of the Environmental Learning Center in Minnesota's far north woods. (Editor)

Article described the Environmental Education Project developed at the Institute of Educational Research, University of Oslo, Norway, in 1969 and is a summary of the main ideas, aims, experiences and present results of this project. (Editor/RK)