Compares the results of two survey designs administered to visitors of three South African nature reserves to ascertain changes in conservation awareness. Explains the method, data collection, questionnaire design, statistical tests, pretests, pilot studies, results, and conclusions of the study. Finds that no statistical differences between…

Outlines the evolution of thinking and the development of materials related to the biological component of the Science Education Project. Examines the context of the project within Southern African society and its relationship to curriculum development theory. Discusses possible models for the dissemination of knowledge. (RT)

Describes the background, aims, and contents of courses offered in environmental education at the University of Bophuthatswana. Comments on the evaluation and potential value of courses. (RT)

Reports on a study done with the intentions of determining the relative contribution of eight variables in predicting environmental behavior. Concluded that the major predictors were skill in using environmental action strategies, level of environmental sensitivity, and percieved knowledge of environmental action strategies. (TW)

Looks at the crucial role of evaluation and assessment in developing a means to integrate environmental education into biology curricula. Focuses on the development of evaluation instruments that allow information to be collected on aspects of pupil behavior toward aspects of the environment. (LZ)

A research design for evaluation of environmental education centers by means of the case study method is explained. Validity, reliability, and some ethical principles when writing the report are also mentioned. An example is given of a pilot case study conducted by the author. (LZ/Author)

A quantitative and qualitative analyses of prescribed standard eight biology textbooks are discussed in relation to the teaching of ecology. Identifies problems related to relying on prescribed texts for instruction and considers some of the facets that need to be addressed in the compilation of texts. (LZ/Author)

Describes aspects of the Environmental Education Policy Initiative. Reflects on the initiative's background, its key purpose, management-hierarchical and participatory-process orientations, its process, and evidences of its success. (MDH)

Analyzes the nature of sustainable development and the role that environmental education can play in a transformation toward a sustainable society. Discusses three rules for teaching environmental education: a child-centered education, objectivity on matters of values, and creation of environmentally responsible behavior. Provides a checklist of…

Describes the overall aims of environmental education programs to produce changes toward sustainable development. Discusses the role of the sciences, the arts, religious education, history, geography, and languages in integrating the environmental education curriculum. Presents curriculum management strategies for improving the design and content…

Examined how environmental education has been conceived and enacted within the same orientations that have brought on many of the environmental issues that confront Southern Africa. Provides local examples to reveal flaws in past strategies and suggests revised orientations. (Contains 37 references.) (MDH)