A response to Dr. David Uzzell: 

Dear David Uzzell, 

Thank you for your message. I am sorry to hear of your experience with a
previous NFER review being published later than expected. As I have only
been working at the Foundation for some five months, I was not involved in
that work and am unsure which project it was.  To my knowledge, there has
never been an EE literature review undertaken at the NFER. Possibly you may
have been referring to the Directory of EE Research Centres published in
1994? 

In terms of what I am undertaking, this is an internally funded literature
review project on a particular area within the EE research literature -
namely, studies on learners and learning within the context of primary and
secondary school-based EE.  

My request for information via the e mail network was to inform colleagues
that I was undertaking this work, and to provide an opportunity for
individuals to alert my attention to work that they felt would be of
relevance. I saw it as a means of accessing references that would complement
other sources such as bibliographic data-bases, journal content's pages,
conference reports etc. 

Any information that I receive from colleagues will be followed up and
included within my ongoing review. The intention is that the fruits of this
project will be published next year in two forms - as an NFER monograph, and
as a journal article, possibly to Environmental Education Research. 
 
As to my suggestion that contributions should be sent to me individually,
this was in response to a suggestion from another list member (Chris Oulton)
who commented thus: 

	"I don't know how you stop it happening but you should know that the
replies to your message are being copied to everyone on the mail list as was
your thank you note to the last respondent. This could get out of hand!!" 

Like Chris, I too felt that list members would not greatly appreciate their
e mails being clogged up with responses to my request. Perhaps, though, as
you point out it would be a valuable source of information for others. I'm
sure people can decide for themselves whether to reply individually or to
the whole list. 

I hope that this responds to your concerns. 

Mark Rickinson


Mark Rickinson
Research Officer
National Foundation for Educational Research
The Mere, Upton Park, Slough SL1 2DQ United Kingdom
Tel:  +44 (0)1753 574 123 ext. 232
Fax: +44 (0) 1753 747 235
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Uzzell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:	09 August 1999 10:57
> To:	[log in to unmask]; EE list (E-mail)
> Subject:	Re: replying to my message
> 
> In response to the Mark Richardson request:
> 
> I was interested to receive your request for material for your review of
> the literature. The last time I was asked by someone from your institution
> to contribute to a review of envronmental education, I was told that it
> was
> for a publication that would appear later in the same year.  I
> subsequently
> discovered, in fact, that the NFER made a bid to the  ESRC for a research
> grant to examine EE in the UK - a bid which was successful. I am, of
> course, not suggesting that there was a link beteen these two events. As
> for the review - I think it appeared about 2 years later.
> 
> If I am to provide anything further to you I would like some reassurance
> that this request for information is in the best scholarly and collegial
> traditions. In this respect I would like to know why contributions should
> not be sent to the whole email list - this is one of the ways that the
> list
> is valuable in sharing information.
> 
> David Uzzell
> 
> 
> 
> At 14:16 05/08/99 +0100, Rickinson, Mark wrote:
> >In my recent message about a 'new literature review', I should have
> stressed
> >the importance of responses being sent to my individual e mail address
> >([log in to unmask]) and NOT the whole e mail list.
> >
> >Apologies for this omission,
> >
> >Mark Rickinson
> >
> >Mark Rickinson
> >Research Officer
> >National Foundation for Educational Research
> >The Mere, Upton Park, Slough SL1 2DQ United Kingdom
> >Tel:  +44 (0)1753 574 123 ext. 232
> >Fax: +44 (0) 1753 747 235
> >E mail: [log in to unmask]
> >Web: http://www.nfer.ac.uk
> >
> >This e-mail is provided for information only.  Any legally binding
> agreement
> >resulting from its content must be made separately in a printed medium.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Dr. David Uzzell
> Department of Psychology
> University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 5XH, UK
> Tel: +44 1483 259430   Fax: + 44 1483 259553
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