The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education

1. Front Matter

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2. INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The History and Philosophy of Environmental Education

      • Robert L. Carter, Bora Simmons

      Pages 3-16

   3. Professional Preparation for Science Teachers in Environmental Education

      • James T. McDonald, Lynn A. Dominguez

      Pages 17-30

   4. Approaches to Environmental Education

      • Austin A. Winther, Kim Cleary Sadler, Gerry Saunders

      Pages 31-49

   5. Environmental Education Within Early Childhood

      • Linda Plevyak, Amy Mayfield

      Pages 51-64

   6. Environmental Education Service-Learning in Science Teacher Education

      • Teddie Phillipson-Mower, April Dean Adams

      Pages 65-79

   7. Beyond Terra firma: Bringing Ocean and Aquatic Sciences to Environmental and Science Teacher Education

      • Diana L. Payne, Timothy D. Zimmerman

      Pages 81-94

3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PEDAGOGY

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Promoting the Use of Outdoor Learning Spaces by K-12 Inservice Science Teachers Through an Outdoor Professional Development Experience

      • Mark A. Bloom, Molly Holden, April T. Sawey, Molly H. Weinburgh

      Pages 97-110

   3. Integrating Environmental Education Field Trip Pedagogy into Science Teacher Preparation

      • Bryan M. Rebar, Larry G. Enochs

      Pages 111-126

   4. “Eeew! There’s Dew on My Toes”: Common Characteristics of Preservice Elementary Teacher Learning in Environmental Education and Instructional Strategies for Science Teacher Educators

      • J. William Hug

      Pages 127-142

   5. Name That Plant! Overcoming Plant Blindness and Developing a Sense of Place Using Science and Environmental Education

      • Jennifer Kreps Frisch, Matthew M. Unwin, Gerald W. Saunders

      Pages 143-157

   6. Place-based Inquiry: Advancing Environmental Education in Science Teacher Preparation

      • Somnath Sarkar, Richard Frazier

      Pages 159-171

   7. Summer Methods in Summer Camps: Teaching Projects WILD, WET, and Learning Tree at an Outdoor Environmental Education Center

      • Charles J. Eick, Sarah Carrier, Karni Perez, Doyle E. Keasal

      Pages 173-189

   8. Teachers Connecting Urban Students to their Environment

      • Sherri L. Brown, Nikki L. Votaw, Thomas R. Tretter

      Pages 191-207

   9. Exploring Preservice Teachers’ Mental Models of the Environment

      • Christine Moseley, Blanche Desjean-Perrotta, Courtney Crim

      Pages 209-223

   10. Pedagogy, Environmental Education, and Context: Promoting Knowledge Through Concept Mapping

       • Barbara Austin, Nina Schmidt

       Pages 225-236

   11. Unraveling the Scientific, Social, Political, and Economic Dimensions of Environmental Issues Through Role-Playing Simulations

       • James G. MaKinster

       Pages 237-253

   12. Exploring Environmental Education Through Ecofeminism: Narratives of Embodiment of Science

       • M. E. Spencer, Sherry E. Nichols

       Pages 255-266

In the coming decades, the general public will be required ever more often to understand complex environmental issues, evaluate proposed environmental plans, and understand how individual decisions affect the environment at local to global scales. Thus it is of fundamental importance to ensure that higher quality education about these ecological issues raises the environmental literacy of the general public. In order to achieve this, teachers need to be trained as well as classroom practice enhanced. This volume focuses on the integration of environmental education into science teacher education. The book begins by providing readers with foundational knowledge of environmental education as it applies to the discipline of science education. It relates the historical and philosophical underpinnings of EE, as well as current trends in the subject that relate to science teacher education. Later chapters examine the pedagogical practices of environmental education in the context of scienceteacher education. Case studies of environmental education teaching and learning strategies in science teacher education, and instructional practices in K-12 science classrooms, are included. This book shares knowledge and ideas about environmental education pedagogy and serves as a reliable guide for both science teacher educators and K-12 science educators who wish to insert environmental education into science teacher education. Coverage includes everything from the methods employed in summer camps to the use of podcasting as a pedagogical aid. Studies have shown that schools that do manage to incorporate EE into their teaching programs demonstrate significant growth in student achievement as well as improved student behavior. This text argues that the multidisciplinary nature of environmental education itself requires problem-solving, critical thinking and literacy skills that benefit students’ work right across the curriculum.

• K-12 science education
• environment
• environmental education
• science education
• science teacher education
• science teaching
• teacher education
• learning and instruction

From the reviews:

“The book offers varied, useful and often universal insights to those working in pre-service science teacher preparation and to those advocating for an integrated environmental education perspective in teacher training. … the book provides a much needed consideration of the inclusion of EE in pre-service science teacher education, particularly at a time when science and technology are being promoted as the means to a successful future for humans on the planet.” (Astrid Steele, International Journal of Environmental & Science Education, Vol. 7 (2), April, 2012)

“This is an important book. … it comprises a collection of 22 chapters addressing the historical and philosophical foundations of environmental education and current trends in environmental education pedagogy. … This book is a very informative resource that will be of use to teacher educators from all disciplines. All chapters seek to include theoretical as well as empirical and practical aspectsthus providing sufficient contextualisation in the field as well as suggestions for furthering research into practice.” (Laura Colucci-Gray, Educational Review, December, 2011)

• , College of Education, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA

  Alec M. Bodzin

• SUNY Cortland, Cortland, USA

  Beth Shiner Klein

• Seidel School of Education and Professio, Department of Education Specialties, Salisbury University, Salisbury, USA

  Starlin Weaver

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