Environmental education and advocacy : changing perspectives of ecology and education / edited by Edward A. Johnson, Michael Mappin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changing perspectives of ecology and education in environmental education / Michael J. Mappin and Edward A. Johnson -- Changing perspectives of ecology. Scientific ecology and ecological ethics: the challenges of drawing ethical conclusions from scientific facts / Joseph R. des Jardins ; Changing academic perspectives of ecology: a view from within / Jurek Kolasa and Steward T.A. Pickett ; The role of learned societies, government agencies, NGOs, advocacy groups, media, schools, and environmental educators in shaping public understanding of ecology / David R. Slingsby and Susan Barker -- Changing perspectives of education. Education and advocacy: a troubling relationship / Bob Jickling ; Changing academic perspectives in environmental education research and practice: progress and promise / Joy A. Palmer and Joanna C. Birch ; The purposes of environmental education: perspectives of teachers, governmental agencies, NGOs, professional societies, and advocacy groups / John F. Disinger -- Assessing changing perspectives of ecology and education. Developing guidelines for environmental education in the United States: the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education / Deborah A. Simmons ; Assessing the educational dimension of environmental education resources provided by non-formal groups / David L. Haury ; Assessing the science dimension of environmental issues through environmental education / Stein Dankert Kolstø -- Integrating and changing perspectives of ecology, education, and action. A framework for integrating ecological literacy, civics literacy, and environmental citizenship in environmental education / Alan R. Berkowitz, Mary E. Ford and Carol A. Brewer ; Integrating education and action in environmental education / Milton McClaren and Bill Hammond ; Environmental education through citizen science and participatory action research / Marianne E. Krasny and Rick Bonney -- --

1. Changing perspectives of ecology and education in environmental education / Michael J. Mappin and Edward A. Johnson -- 2. Scientific ecology and ecological ethics : the challenges of drawing ethical conclusions from scientific facts / Joseph R. Des Jardins -- 3. Changing academic perspectives of ecology : a view from within / Jurek Kolasa and Steward T. A. Pickett -- 4. The role of learned societies, government agencies, NGOs, advocacy groups, media, schools, and environmental educators in shaping public understanding of ecology / David R. Slingsby and Susan Barker -- 5. Education and advocacy : a troubling relationship / Bob Jickling -- 6. Changing academic perspectives in environmental education research and practice : progress and promise / Joy A. Palmer and Joanna C. Birch -- 7. The purposes of environmental education : perspectives of teachers, governmental agencies, NGOs, professional societies, and advocacy groups / John F. Disinger -- 8. Developing guidelines for environmental education in the United States : the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education / Deborah A. Simmons -- 9. Assessing the educational dimension of environmental education resources provided by non-formal groups / David L. Haury -- 10. Assessing the science dimension of environmental issues through environmental education / Stein Dankert Kolsto -- 11. A framework for integrating ecological literacy, civics literacy, and environmental citizenship in environmental education / Alan R. Berkowitz, Mary E. Ford and Carol A. Brewer -- 12. Integrating education and action in environmental education / Milton McClaren and Bill Hammond -- 13. Environmental education through citizen science and participatory action research / Marianne E. Krasny and Rick Bonney.

"Environmental education has often blurred the distinction between ecological science and environmental advocacy. Growing public awareness of environmental problems and desire for action may be contributing to this blurring. There is a need to clarify the distinction between the role of ecological science and the role of social and political values for the environment within environmental education. This book addresses this need by examining the changing perspectives of ecology in education and the changing perspectives of education in environmental education. Guidelines are provided for assessing the science and education perspectives within environmental education, along with suggested frameworks for development of programs and resources that integrate current science, education and action. This book will be of interest to environmental educators, ecologists interested in environmental education, and curriculum and resource developers."--Publisher description.

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