The purpose of this paper is to describe how the environment and environmental issues are conceptualized and positioned in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to examine underlying assumptions about the environment. The NGSS are a recent set of science standards in the USA, organized and led by Achieve Inc., that propose science education…

Explains the importance of environmental education in schools for achieving environmental protection and improvement. Statistically examines factors that incline students to a 'relation' rather than an 'object' conception of the environment. Concludes that development of the former would seem to be an important aim of environmental education and…

Reviews selected research in the form of surveys, interviews, and questionnaires on environmental sensitivity. Explores personal accounts of the sources of individuals' environmental interests, concerns, and actions. Studies questions, methods, and results for qualitative comparison. (SJR)

Explores the impact of two school environmental programs from the perspectives of participating students, their teachers, and their parents. Describes each program in detail and students' responses compared across the two programs and across different class groups participating in each program. Both programs were successful in engaging students in…

Describes how issues pertaining to personal identity might be understood both conceptually and empirically. Emphasizes how the postmodern phenomenon of identity seeking in a steadfastly consumer culture is relevant to unresolved questions about critical aspirations of environmental education. Concludes with recommendations for research,…

Focuses on the uneasy relationship between science and environmental education. Argues that science probably offers the strongest justification for the adoption of pro-environmental behaviors and policies, but that the relationship between environmentalism is strained by conflicts over fundamental values that are apparent in the interpretation of…