The Inclusion of Environmental Education in Science Teacher Education

In the coming decades, the general public will be required ever more often to understand complex environmental issues, evaluate proposed environmental plans, and understand how individual decisions affect the environment at local to global scales. Thus it is of fundamental importance to ensure that higher quality education about these ecological issues raises the environmental literacy of the general public. In order to achieve this, teachers need to be trained as well as classroom practice enhanced. This volume focuses on the integration of environmental education into science teacher education. The book begins by providing readers with foundational knowledge of environmental education as it applies to the discipline of science education. It relates the historical and philosophical underpinnings of EE, as well as current trends in the subject that relate to science teacher education. Later chapters examine the pedagogical practices of environmental education in the context of scienceteacher education. Case studies of environmental education teaching and learning strategies in science teacher education, and instructional practices in K-12 science classrooms, are included.
This book shares knowledge and ideas about environmental education pedagogy and serves as a reliable guide for both science teacher educators and K-12 science educators who wish to insert environmental education into science teacher education. Coverage includes everything from the methods employed in summer camps to the use of podcasting as a pedagogical aid. Studies have shown that schools that do manage to incorporate EE into their teaching programs demonstrate significant growth in student achievement as well as improved student behavior. This text argues that the multidisciplinary nature of environmental education itself requires problem-solving, critical thinking and literacy skills that benefit students- work right across the curriculum.

PrefaceAlec M. Bodzin, Beth Shiner Klein, and Starlin Weaver
PART I. INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Chapter 1. The History and Philosophy of Environmental Education Robert L. Carter and Bora Simmons
Chapter 2. Professional Preparation for Science Teachers in Environmental EducationJames T. McDonald and Lynn A. Dominguez
Chapter 3. Approaches to Environmental EducationAustin A. Winther, Kim Cleary Sadler, and Gerry Saunders
Chapter 4. Environmental Education Within the Early Childhood Linda Plevyak and Amy Mayfield
Chapter 5. Environmental Education Service-Learning in Science Teacher Education Teddie Phillipson-Mower and April Dean Adams
Chapter 6. Beyond terra firma: Bringing Ocean and Aquatic Sciences to Environmental and Science Teacher Education Diana L. Payne and Timothy D. Zimmerman
PART II. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PEDAGOGY
Section 1: Outdoor Learning and Place-Based Environments
Chapter 7. Promoting the Use of Outdoor Learning Spaces by K-12 Inservice Science Teachers Through an Outdoor Professional Development ExperienceMark A. Bloom, Molly Holden, April T. Sawey, and Molly H. Weinburgh
Chapter 8. Integrating Environmental Education Field Trip Pedagogy Into Science Teacher Preparation Bryan Rebar and Larry G. Enochs
Chapter 9. -Eeew! There-s Dew On My Toes-: Common Characteristics of Preservice Elementary Teacher Learning in Environmental Education and Instructional Strategies for Science Teacher Educators J. William Hug
Chapter 10. Name That Plant! Overcoming Plant Blindness and Developing a Sense of Place Using Science and Environmental Education Jennifer Kreps Frisch, Matthew M. Unwin, and Gerald W. Saunders
Chapter 11. Place-Based Inquiry: Advancing Environmental Education in Science Teacher Preparation Somnath Sarkar and Richard Frazier
Chapter 12. Summer Methods in Summer Camps: Teaching Projects WILD, WET, and Learning Tree at an Outdoor Environmental Education CenterCharles J. Eick, Doyle, E. Keasal, Karni Perez, and Sarah Carrier
Chapter 13. Teachers Connecting Urban Students to Their Environment Sherri L. Brown, Nikki L. Votaw, and Thomas R. Tretter
Section 2: Instructional Strategies
Chapter 14. Exploring Preservice Teachers- Mental Models of the EnvironmentChristine Moseley, Blanche Desjean-Perrotta, Courtney Crim
Chapter 15. Pedagogy, Environmental Education, and Context: Promoting Knowledge Through Concept Mapping Barbara A Austin and Nina Schmidt
Chapter 16. Unraveling the Scientific, Social, Political and Economic Dimensions of Environmental Issues Through Role-Playing SimulationsJames G. MaKinster
Chapter 17. Exploring Environmental Education Through Eco-feminism: Narratives of Embodiment of Science M.E. Spencer and Sherry E. Nichols
Chapter 18. The Value of Non-formal Environmental Education-Based Professional Development in Preservice Science Teacher Preparation Tamara E. Peffer and Alec M. Bodzin
Chapter 19. Using Environmental Education Project Curricula with Elementary Preservice Teachers Adele C. Schepige, Patricia D. Morrell, Cindi Smith-Walters, Kim Cleary Sadler, Miriam Munck, and Donna Rainboth
Section 3: Technology
Chapter 20. Situated Learning in Environmental Education: Using Geospatial Technologies for Preservice Secondary TeachersRita A. Hagevik, Harriett S. Stubbs, and Diane C. Whitaker
Chapter 21. Using Podcasting to Address Nature-Deficit Disorder Beth Shiner Klein and Starlin D. Weaver
Chapter 22. Integrating Web-based Activities and Site-based Experiences to Investigate Environmental Issues Alec M. Bodzin