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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Using Needs Assessments to Enhance Environmental Education Programming
Hintz, Carly J., & Lackey, Brenda K. (2017). Assessing community needs for expanding environmental education programming. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 16, 287-297.
Environmental Education and Care-Based Group Dynamics Can Lead to a More Complex Understanding of the World
Goralnik, Lissy, & Nelson, Michael Paul. (2017). Field philosophy: environmental learning and moral development in Isle Royale National Park. Environmental Education Research, 23, 687-707.
The Influence of Place on Newly Independent Readers' Relationships with their Surroundings
Fischer, Sarah. (2017). Readers as place-makers: the experience of place in the literacy life-worlds of middle childhood. Environmental Education Research, 23, 1476-1488.
Exploring the Effects of Cooperation and Competition on Environment and Education Students
Cuadrado, Esther, Tabernero, Carmen, García, Rocío, & Luque, Bárbara. (2017). The interactive effect of pro-environmental disciplinary concentration under cooperation versus competition contexts. Environmental Education Research, 23, 797-811.
Investigating Why Communities Value Nature Centers
Browning, Matthew H. E. M., Stern, Marc J., Ardoin, Nicole M., Heimlich, Joe E., Petty, Robert, & Charles, Cheryl. (2017). Investigating the sets of values that community members hold toward local nature centers. Environmental Education Research, 23, 1291-1306.
Diagrams and Images in Teaching Are Not Always Helpful
Åberg-Bengtsson, Lisbeth, Beach, Dennis, & Ljung-Djärf, Agneta. (2017). Young primary students making sense of text and illustrations about how refuse can become soil. Environmental Education Research, 23, 1150-1168.
Fostering connections to nature - Strategies for community college early childhood teachers
Murphy, D. (2017). Fostering connections to nature - Strategies for community college early childhood teachers. The New Educator, 13(3), 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1547688X.2017.1331093
Human-nature connection: A multidisciplinary review
Ives, C.D., Giusti, M., Fischer, J., Abson, D.J., Klaniecki, K., Dorninger, C., … von Wehrde, H. (2017). Human-nature connection: A multidisciplinary review. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 27, 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.05.005
Three good things in nature: Noticing nearby nature brings sustained increases in connection with nature
Richardson, M., & Sheffield, D. (2017). Three good things in nature: Noticing nearby nature brings sustained increases in connection with nature. Psyecology, 8(1), 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2016.1267136
Enhancing Botanical Gardens by Supplementing Free-Choice Learning
Yang, Xi, & Chen, Jin. (2017). Using discovery maps as a free-choice learning process can enhance the effectiveness of environmental education in a botanical garden. Environmental Education Research, 23, 656-674.
Engaging Children and Parents in Flood Preparedness through Participatory Learning
Williams, Sara, McEwen, Lindsey J., & Quinn, Nevil. (2017). As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education. The Journal of Environmental Education, 48, 154-171.
Understanding Community Needs Can Help Design Better Engagement Programs
Tyson, Ben, Unson, Christine, & Edgar, Nick. (2017). Predictors of success for community-driven water quality management—Lessons from three catchments in New Zealand. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 16, 186-195.