Evaluative research generally supports claims that outdoor education experiences facilitate positive affective growth. The body of literature is sparse, however, and many research proejcts are of inferior quality. (WB)

Presented are the procedures and conclusions particular to research conducted to examine such issues as: (1) the extent to which teachers use the environment to teach; (2) identifying teachers' priorities regarding environmental education (EE); and (3) determining teachers' willingness to obtain inservice training in EE. (RE)

Explains that there will always be uncertainty about educationally appropriate responses to controversial issues. Education suggests a fluidity of meaning that shifts across a range of contexts, and what needs to be done will be found on a case-by-case and context-by-context basis in a mediated and negotiated third space. (Contains 48 references.)…

Discusses research on classroom-type settings and applications. Results indicate an association between knowledge and affect along with prominent sex differences. Cites the need for further research to determine how knowledge and attitudes influence each other. Contains 27 references. (DDR)

Develops a hypothetical causal model of responsible environmental behavior. Uses data from visitors to the urban forest trail in the Kwang-Reung Arboretum, Korea for testing the suggested model. Indicates that in order to enhance responsible environmental behavior, environmental education and interpretation systems need to focus on changing the…

Predicts that Zoo Atlanta visitors who had interactive experience with the zoo's elephant demonstration and bio-fact program would be more likely to actively support elephant conservation than those who simply viewed the animals in their exhibit and read graphics. Uses survey instruments including 25 closed-ended questions, petitions, and…

Investigates Denmark schools' success in developing an understanding among students of environmental matters and the desire to take place as an active participant in democratic solutions. (Contains 12 references.) (Author/YDS)