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.
This project is a partnership with Children & Nature Network and NAAEE. Funded by the Pisces Foundation with support from ee360, ee360+, and the U.S. Forest Service. Learn more.
Displaying 1165 - 1176 of 2406
Green breaks: The restorative effect of the school environment's green areas on children's cognitive performance
Amicone, G., Petruccelli, I., De Dominicis, S., Gherardini, A., Costantino, V., Perucchini, P., & Bonaiuto, M. (2018). Green breaks: The restorative effect of the school environment’s green areas on children’s cognitive performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01579
Research note: Relationship between childhood nature play and adulthood participation in nature-based recreation among urban residents in Tokyo area
Hosaka, T., Numata, S., & Sugimoto, K. (2018). Research note: Relationship between childhood nature play and adulthood participation in nature-based recreation among urban residents in Tokyo area. Landscape and Urban Planning, 180, 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.08.002
Green schoolyards in low-income urban neighborhoods: Natural spaces for positive youth development outcomes
Bates, C. R., Bohnert, A. M., & Gerstein, D. E. (2018). Green schoolyards in low-income urban neighborhoods: Natural spaces for positive youth development outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00805
Early childhood educators’ perceptions of nurturing spirituality in secular settings
Mata-McMahon, J., Haslip, M. J., & Schein, D. L. (2018). Early childhood educators’ perceptions of nurturing spirituality in secular settings. Early Child Development and Care, 189(14), 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1445734
Assessment of importance and characteristics of biophilic design patterns in a children’s library
Lee, H. C., & Park, S. J. (2018). Assessment of importance and characteristics of biophilic design patterns in a children’s library. Sustainability , 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10040987
Participatory Action Research on Energy Consumption Gives Students Valuable Skills
Petrova, Saska, Garcia, Miguel Torres, & Bouzarovski, Stefan. (2017). Using action research to enhance learning on end-use energy demand: lessons from reflective practice. Environmental Education Research, 23, 812-831.
Challenging Western Ways of Knowing to Improve Student Sustainability Skills
Harmin, Matthew, Barrett, M. J., & Hoessler, Carolyn. (2017). Stretching the boundaries of transformative sustainability learning: On the importance of decolonizing ways of knowing and relations with the more-than-human. Environmental Education Research, 23, 1489-1500.
Factors Driving Chinese Students to Participate in Outdoor Programs
Zhang, Weizhe, Williams, Sophie J., Wang, Ximin, & Chen, Jin. (2017). Push and pull factors determine adolescents’ intentions of participation in nature observation: Reconnecting local students with nature in China. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 16, 247-261.
Using Poetry as an Effective Medium to Teach Sustainable Development Education
Walshe, Nicola. (2017). An interdisciplinary approach to environmental and sustainability education: developing geography students’ understandings of sustainable development using poetry. Environmental Education Research, 23, 1130-1149.
Assessing Personal Choices and Educational Engagement That Successfully Promote Education for Sustainable Development
Mogren, Anna, & Gericke, Niklas. (2017). ESD implementation at the school organisation level, part 1 – investigating the quality criteria guiding school leaders’ work at recognized ESD schools. Environmental Education Research, 23, 972-992.
Impacts of Environmental Art in Biosphere Reserves on Building Environmental Understanding
Marks, M., Chandler, L., & Baldwin, C. (2017). Environmental art as an innovative medium for environmental education in Biosphere Reserves. Environmental Education Research, 23, 1307-1321.
Site-Specific Outdoor Interaction Helps Enhance Students' Understanding of Landscape
Kärkkäinen, Sirpa, Keinonen, Tuula, Kukkonen, Jari, Juntunen, Seija, & Ratinen, Ilkka. (2017). The effects of socio-scientific issue based inquiry learning on pupils’ representations of landscape. Environmental Education Research, 23, 1072-1087.