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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Examining Teachers' Attitudes toward a Required Environmental Education Program
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Cheng, Judith Chen-Hsuan; Monroe, Martha C. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2010
Requiring teachers to partake in environmental education (EE) may generate negative reactions since elementary teachers can be overloaded with meeting standards and student performance goals. This study explores teachers' attitudes toward a required EE program, Lagoon Quest. We compare attitudes among teachers with and without prior Lagoon Quest,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Science Teachers, Educational Opportunities, Teacher Attitudes
Discourses of Pro-Environmental Behavior: Experiences of Graduate Students in Conservation-Related Disciplines
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Easton, Janice; Koro-Ljungberg, Mirka; Cheng, Judith Chen-Hsuan – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2009
It can be argued that the environmental behaviors of conservation and natural resources professionals' may well serve as exemplars for the general public to emulate. Understanding the experiences and influences that shape the behaviors of individuals with contextual and empirical knowledge about desirable and beneficial conservation practices can…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Graduate Students, Environmental Education, Natural Resources