This article uses a series of interlinked, personal vignettes to discuss the first three years of the North American Association for Environmental Education research symposium, from the perspectives of the key organizers. Seven challenges in the field of environmental education research are identified in a recent historical context, and we…

In this article, the authors caution against blurring methods, methodologies and ideologies in research. They do this by drawing on two earlier articles in "Environmental Education Research" that focused on this issue as well but from quite different vantage points: Hart's (2000) paper in which he problematizes the generating of generic guidelines…

Responds to Rickinson's (2001) review of empirical studies of learners and learning in environmental education. Suggests it is only partially successful in achieving what it sets out to do. Makes two major criticisms: (1) the review does not examine learning theories underlying the research; and (2) it ignores a large body of relevant work in…