REACHING NON-SCIENCE TEACHERS
The results of a focus group study released by EETAP confirm the challenge
that environmental educators face when trying to reach non-science middle
and secondary school teachers. In general, environmental education (EE)
appears to these teachers to be associated most often with current environmental
issues or as an extension of science. There was almost no immediate
recognition by the study group of the value of EE for achieving general
learning goals. The study stresses the need to demonstrate the educational
value of EE activities in clear terms and with specific examples to catch
teachers' interest before launching into a lecture about the goals of EE.
Non-Science Teacher Perceptions Of Environmental Education: Results From
Environmental Education And Training Partnership (EETAP) Focus Groups
http://www.eetap.org/focusgroupreport1.pdf
INTERNATIONAL SD RESEARCH CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PAPERS
ERP Environment, publishers of the international journal Sustainable
Development are pleased to announce this ninth annual conference. We are
seeking offers of papers from researchers and practitioners in the fields of
sustainable development and environmental management. We are particularly
interested in papers that critically assess the progress made at the 2002
Earth Summit and that examine the implications of these developments for
policy and practice in different settings.
Full details see: http://www.erpenvironment.org/index1.html
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