eeRESEARCH combines research for environmental education and the movement to connect children and nature. The database includes multiple ways to search for articles, syntheses, and research summaries.
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Urban design and adolescent mental health: A qualitative examination of adolescent emotional responses to pedestrian- and transit-oriented design and cognitive architecture concepts
Buttazzoni, A., Dean, J., & Minaker, L. (2022). Urban design and adolescent mental health: A qualitative examination of adolescent emotional responses to pedestrian- and transit-oriented design and cognitive architecture concepts. Health and Place, 76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102825
Choice matters: Pupils' stress regulation, brain development and brain function in an outdoor education project
Dettweiler, U., Gerchen, M., Mall, C., Simon, P., & Kirsch, P. (2022). Choice matters: Pupils’ stress regulation, brain development and brain function in an outdoor education project. British Journal of Educational Psychology , 93(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12528
Getting out of the classroom and into nature: A systematic review of nature-specific outdoor learning on school children's learning and development
Mann, J., Gray, T., Truong, S., Brymer, E., Passy, R., Ho, S., … Curry, C. (2022). Getting out of the classroom and into nature: A systematic review of nature-specific outdoor learning on school children’s learning and development. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.877058
Environmental education practitioners should recognize and engage with children's existing complex, embodied, and often contradictory relationships with plastics in their everyday lives
Kraftl, Peter, Hadfield-Hill, Sophie, Jarman, Polly, Lynch, Iseult, Menzel, Alice, Till, Ruth, & Walker, Amy. (2022). Articulating encounters between children and plastics. Childhood, 29, 478-494. 10.1177/09075682221100879
School farms and green spaces reconnect urban children with nature for ecological and community benefits
Vieira, Carolina, Rumenos, Nijima, Gheler-Costa, Carla, Toqueti, Flavia, & Spazziani, Maria. (2022). Environmental education in urban cities: Planet regeneration through ecologically educating children and communities. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 3, 100208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2022.100208
Awe and solitude in urban parks boost nature connection better than traditional recreation
Mateer, Timothy J. (2022). Developing Connectedness to Nature in Urban Outdoor Settings: A Potential Pathway Through Awe, Solitude, and Leisure. Frontiers in Psychology, Volume 13 - 2022. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.940939
Cripping environmental education: Rethinking disability, nature, and interdependent futures
Schmidt, J. (2022). Cripping environmental education: Rethinking disability, nature, and interdependent futures. Australian Journal of Environmental Education. https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2022.26
A ramp that leads to nothing: Outdoor recreation experiences of children with physical disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Vogt, A.L., Zajchowski, C.A.B., & Hill, E.L. (2022). A ramp that leads to nothing: Outdoor recreation experiences of children with physical disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Leisure Studies, 41(5), 11. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2022.2049629
Emotions play a crucial role in education for environmental sustainability and climate change, requiring new teaching approaches
Dunlop, Lynda, & Rushton, Elizabeth A. C. (2022). Education for Environmental Sustainability and the Emotions: Implications for Educational Practice. Sustainability, 14(8), 4441+. 10.3390/su14084441
Sámi early childhood educators in Finland are working to sustain their Indigenous culture, language, and connection to nature across generations, thereby fostering a more sustainable future for the Sámi people and the Arctic region as a whole
Laiti, Marikaisa, Määttä, Kaarina, & Köngäs, Mirja. (2022). Sámi Early Childhood Education and Sustainability in the Arctic. International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 8(4), 783-799. 10.46328/ijres.2974
Integrating Indigenous and Local Knowledge into sustainability education using participatory, multicultural approaches fosters social justice, enhances student learning outcomes, and contributes to addressing sustainability challenges
Druker-Ibáñez, Sofía, & Cáceres-Jensen, Lizethly. (2022). Integration of indigenous and local knowledge into sustainability education: a systematic literature review. Environmental Education Research, 28(8), 1209-1236. 10.1080/13504622.2022.2083081
Hands-on, community-based research programs can be a powerful way to teach students about sustainable agriculture
Nordstrom, Karen L., Horner, Catherine E., Méndez, Ernesto, Izzo, Victor, Carpenter, Nell, Faulkner, Joshua W., & Caswell, Martha. (2022). An Undergraduate Agroecology Research Fellows Program Engages Co-learning Through Participatory Action Research. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 760995+. 10.3389/fsufs.2021.760995