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ERIC Number: EJ489982
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0840-8114
The Single Most Important Thing to Know about the Earth (Probably Not What You Think).
Weilbacher, Mike
Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, v6 n5 p5-8 Sum 1994
An environmental educator stresses the importance of teaching children that the Earth is permanent and will always have life and that life will always have an ecology. Educators are wrongfully promoting fear instead of developing an understanding of nature that motivates children to take environmental action. (LP)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Consciousness Raising, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, Ecology, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Natural Resources
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Earth; Environmental Attitudes; Environmental Ethic; Nature Study