NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hufnagel, Elizabeth; Kelly, Gregory J.; Henderson, Joseph A. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
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 AchieveĀ Inc., that propose science education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Science Education, Environmental Influences, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hwang, Seyoung – Environmental Education Research, 2009
This article discusses a narrative inquiry as a methodology for understanding and examining teachers' interpretations of their environment-related teaching experiences. Focusing on the value of teacher stories for interrogating the discursive practices of schools as institutional contexts, four main rhetorical themes are identified to illustrate…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Research Methodology, Science Teachers, Self Concept