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Download full textBreanna C. Beaver; Lisa A. Borgerding – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2023
Climate change is an urgent global issue that requires concern and action among a climate literate citizenry. Early childhood climate change education (CCE) affords strong potential for developing this climate literate citizenry. Early childhood educators are critical for this endeavor, and their climate change perspectives, teaching practices,…
Descriptors: Climate, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Education, Teacher Attitudes
Born, Patty – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
In the United States, early childhood programs inclusive of nature experiences for young children vary widely in terms of time spent outdoors; purpose of the program, approaches to use of the environment, curricular aims and support of young children's development. A commonality across many of these early childhood programs available in the United…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Faculty Development
Beery, Thomas; Fridberg, Marie – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2022
Connectedness to nature (C2N) shows a positive relationship with many factors supporting children's health, wellbeing, and development. In addition, C2N has been shown to have a positive relationship with learning about and caring for nature. Despite a long history of outdoor education in early childhood settings in Sweden, C2N is not a concept…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Resources, Teacher Attitudes, Outdoor Education
Furu, Ann-Christin; Valkonen, Satu – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
Finnish legislation and policy on early childhood education and care (ECEC) express sustainability as a basic value. The national core curricula state that, during their years in ECEC, all children have the right to develop necessary values, knowledge and skills for living a sustainable life. Furthermore, early years education should be permeated…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Sustainability, Foreign Countries
Furu, Ann-Christin; Heilala, Cecilia – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
The purpose of this article is to report on a study exploring the sustainability work (i.e., practices and pedagogies related to sustainability education) of Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) teaching practice settings. Recently, the early years and ECEC have gained increasing attention in sustainability education matters.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Sociocultural Patterns, Foreign Countries
Beasy, Kim; Emery, Sherridan; Nailon, Di; Boyd, Diane – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
Skills 4 Kids (S4K) Cafes is a program of intergenerational community skill-sharing events that offers a form of professional learning for early childhood educators to connect with SDG 4 Quality Education. The S4K model is an alternative 'side by side' approach to supporting educators to develop their pedagogical practice in the community, while…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Faculty Development, Intergenerational Programs, Educational Quality
Hunter, Joshua; Syversen, Kristina Brodal; Graves, Cherie; Bodensteiner, Anne – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2020
Recognizing the inherent value in outdoor play and learning for young children, we focused upon the practices and perspectives of adults at an early childhood center as the outdoor play areas were transformed into outdoor classrooms. A salient finding emerging from the data exhibited a gap between constructivist child-led theories of play and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Play, Teacher Role, Preschool Teachers
