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.
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Skills for sustainable development: Transforming vocational education and training beyond 2015
McGrath, Simon, & Powell, Lesley. (2016). Skills for sustainable development: Transforming vocational education and training beyond 2015. International Journal of Educational Development, 50, 12-19.
Environmental action builds confidence in ability to make change, and then confidence encourages more environmental actions
Lauren, Nita, Fielding, Kelly S., Smith, Liam, & Louis, Winnifred R. (2016). You did, so you can and you will: Self-efficacy as a mediator of spillover from easy to more difficult pro-environmental behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 48, 191-199.
Teaching Sustainability through Transformative Learning Experiences
Feriver, Şebnem, Teksöz, Gaye, Olgan, Refika, & Reid, Alan. (2016). Training early childhood teachers for sustainability: towards a ‘learning experience of a different kind’. Environmental Education Research, 22, 717-746.
Association of sociodemographic and environmental factors with the mental health status among preschool children -- Results from a cross-sectional study in Bavaria, Germany
Zach, A, Meyer, N., Hendrowarsito, L., Kolb, S, Bolte, G., Nennstiel-Ratzel, U., … Herr, C. (2016). Association of sociodemographic and environmental factors with the mental health status among preschool children -- Results from a cross-sectional study in Bavaria, Germany. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 219(4), 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.04.012
Young Children's Embodied Encounters with Nature
Jørgensen, K-A. (2016). Bringing the jellyfish home: Environmental consciousness and ‘sense of wonder’ in young children’s encounters with natural landscapes and places. Environmental Education Research, 22(8), 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1068277
Teachers Took More Frequent Field Trips When Green Spaces Were Close By
Wolsink, Maarten. (2016). Environmental education excursions and proximity to urban green space – densification in a ‘compact city’. Environmental Education Research, 22, 1049-1071.
‘The woods is a more free space for children to be creative; their imagination kind of sparks out there’: exploring young children’s cognitive play opportunities in natural, manufactured and mixed outdoor preschool zones
Zamani, Z. (2016). ‘The woods is a more free space for children to be creative; their imagination kind of sparks out there’: exploring young children’s cognitive play opportunities in natural, manufactured and mixed outdoor preschool zones. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 16(2), 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2015.1122538
Wild and free: Unpredictability and spaciousness as predictors of creative performance
van Rompay, T.J.L., & Jol, T. (2016). Wild and free: Unpredictability and spaciousness as predictors of creative performance. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 48, 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.10.001
Children's use of iPads in outdoor environmental education programs
Kacoroski, J., Liddicoat, K.R., & Kerlin, S. (2016). Children’s use of iPads in outdoor environmental education programs. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 15(4), 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2016.1237903
Let's go outside! Environmental restoration amongst adolescents and the impact of friends and phones
Greenwood, A., & Gatersleben, B. (2016). Let’s go outside! Environmental restoration amongst adolescents and the impact of friends and phones. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 48, 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.09.007
Can playscapes promote early childhood inquiry towards environmentally responsible behaviors? An exploratory study
Wight, R.A., Kloos, H., Maltbiec, C.V., & Carr, V.W. (2016). Can playscapes promote early childhood inquiry towards environmentally responsible behaviors? An exploratory study. Environmental Education Research, 22(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1015495
Environmental education excursions and proximity to urban green space – Densification in a ‘compact city’
Wolsink, M. (2016). Environmental education excursions and proximity to urban green space – Densification in a ‘compact city’. Environmental Education Research, 22(7), 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1077504