Evaluates the effects of participation in a 3-day outdoor environmental education program on preservice teachers' attitudes toward self-efficacy (a teacher's belief that he or she can teach environmental education (EE) effectively) and on outcome expectancy (a teacher's estimation of his or her influence on student learning). (Contains 34…

The authors invited teachers participating in a climate change education course to voluntarily demonstrate new environmental behaviors. They were interviewed and described the process of change they experienced. Facilitating professional development activities were participation in a community of change, construction of knowledge of climate…

Reviews the basic precepts of environmental education (EE) summarizing state-level efforts directed at its establishment. Discusses an EE plan with a 3-year scope and sequence for middle school students along with other suggestions for systematically incorporating EE into K-12 curriculum. Examines curricular frameworks, program characteristics,…

A national study of colleges and universities offering teacher-preparation programs was undertaken to ascertain how environmental education (EE) might be better incorporated into their curricula. Six questions guided the descriptive, explorative mail survery relating to satisfaction and fit into EE with current program offerings, what…

The authors present the findings of an evaluation of the residential environmental education program offered by the New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC). Sixth-grade students (n = 419) from a large, central New Jersey school district participated in a 4-day/3-night experience. The Children's Attitudes Toward the Environment Scale (L. M.…

Investigated were factors that potentially influence the environmental values of secondary school students in a western New York School district. The four variables studied were concern for the environment, locus of control, knowledge about the environment, and sources of environmental information. (WB)