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Oct 5, 2023 · Environmental education is key to understanding and preventing climate change. A robust climate education can empower students and help them engage with advocacy and activism groups. Even minor education experiences, like participating in a community clean-up, can help students understand the importance of stewardship and build the ...
Oct 30, 2019 · We tend not to question the implications of the terms we use in environmental education and its ever-changing names, purposes, and goals. Digging deeper into well-worn and accepted meanings from the early nineteenth-century movements integrating place-based nature...
May 31, 2013 · In this manuscript, we trace the evolution of the term environmental literacy within the field of environmental education. We also examine the development of the more recent terms ecological literacy and ecoliteracy, and explore how and why they evolved from environmental literacy.
- BB McBride, CA Brewer, AR Berkowitz, William T Borrie
- 191
- 2013
- 31 May 2013
Jan 1, 2020 · To address these questions, we pursued a systematic review of environmental education's role in developing, supporting, and sustaining individuals' and communities' environmental actions that have direct, positive impacts on environmental quality and conservation outcomes.
- Nicole M. Ardoin, Alison W. Bowers, Estelle Gaillard
- 2020
Apr 1, 2001 · Environmental educators should embrace the need for results as a particular strength of environmental education, especially those programs that can produce materials and experiences that cover a broad range of hands-on learning. Environmental education can—must—lead from awareness to action.
- Stewart J. Hudson
- 2001
Studies in the review demonstrated that environmental education has led to a number of positive impacts, from improving academic performance, to enhancing critical thinking skills, to developing personal growth and life-building skills including confidence, autonomy, and leadership.
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Environmental education (EE) is praised by educators for its ability to combine different subjects, support the growth of young people academically and socially, and encourage the protection of nature. What are the benefits of Environmental Education? We examine a few of EE’s many benefits below.
