This study utilized qualitative methods and the urban political ecology (UPE) framework to situate changes in scope and content of undergraduate geography curriculum in Nigeria within the domain of education for sustainability. It was stimulated by significant curriculum-related events in the geography department of the University of Nigeria, and…

The need to develop and implement environmental education programs based on the principles of ecology, regardless of the discipline or target group, is discussed. Outlines of family weekend programs at an outdoor center, teacher-training programs, and college courses for non-science students based on the principles of ecology are detailed. (BT)

In outline form is presented a 36-week curriculum for educating secondary and college level youth about the deterioration of their habitat, with an overview of correcting the dangers. Topics and concepts are suggested together with field/laboratory exercises and independent study programs. (BL)

Defined is the need for implementation of programs intended to restore and/or maintain wildlife populations on a self-renewing, self-sustaining basis. Development of environmental management concepts, understandings, activities, and lesson ideas is explained accompanied by schematic drawings. (BL)

Describes the Environmental Education Curriculum Inventory, which was used to evaluate environmental education (EE) curricula and programs to determine how well they represent EE's substantive structure as expressed in the Goals for Curriculum Development in Environmental Education. (Contains 28 references.) (Author/YDS)

This study sampled 268 people involved in natural resource research and management education from every state in the United States to determine what concepts, skills and affects should be included in the National Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) water and water resource curriculum framework. The analysis contains an 80-item curriculum…

Reviews several classroom techniques. Presents examples to illustrate the use of authentic assessment at an ecology education center. Discusses issues such as the correlation of learning objectives and program content, development and scoring, and other considerations associated with the implementation of authentic assessment. (Author/CCM)

One of the fundamental goals of environmental education (EE) is to equip students with the skills to make more thoughtful decisions about environmental issues. Many examples of environmental and science education curricula work to address this goal by providing students with up-to-date information about a myriad of environmental issues from a…