Author: Johnson, Edward Arnold ; & Mappin, Michael ; editors:
Title: Environmental Education and Advocacy: Changing Perspectives of Ecology and Education
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2005). orig.boards. 24x16cm, 346 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 13 papers. includes: Changing perspectives of ecology and education in environmental education; Scientific ecology and ecological ethics: the challenges of drawing ethical conclusions from scientific facts; Changing academic perspectives of ecology: a view from within; The role of learned societies, government agencies, NGOs, advocacy groups, schools, and environmental educators in shaping public understanding of ecology; Changing Perspectives of Education: Education and advocacy: a troubling relationship; Changing academic perspectives in environmental education research and practice: progress and promise; The purposes of environmental education: perspectives of teachers, governmental agencies, NGOs, professional societies and advocacy groups; Assessing Changing Perspectives in Ecology and Education: Developing guidelines for environmental education in the United States: the national project for excellence in environmental education; Assessing the educational dimension of environmental education resources provided by non-formal groups; Assessing the science dimension of environmental issues through environmental education; Integrating Changing Perspectives of Ecology, Education and Action: A framework for integrating ecological literacy, civics literacy and environmental citizenship in environmental education; Integrating education and action in environmental education; Environmental education through citizen science and participatory action research.

Keywords: Environmental Education, Environment, Ecology, Ecological, , , , ,