This dissertation examined the relationship between teacher training and implementation of environmental education in public high school science and social studies classrooms. It also examined teacher attitudes towards environmental education. Insights: (1) teachers who had received preservice teacher education in EE implemented significantly more EE topics into the curriculum than did teachers who reported receiving no pre-service teacher education in EE; (2) science teachers had a higher level of implementation for the majority of the EE topics compared to social studies teachers, even though environmental topics and issues are included in standards for both sets of teachers; (3) beginning teachers do not implement the EE topics nearly as much as veteran teachers.
Jill F. Carter, "The status of environmental education in Illinois public high school science and social studies classrooms (2013)", contributed by Prerna Srigyan, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 8 February 2023, accessed 2 December 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/status-environmental-education-illinois-public-high-school-science-and-social-studies
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This dissertation examined the relationship between teacher training and implementation of environmental education in public high school science and social studies classrooms. It also examined teacher attitudes towards environmental education. Insights: (1) teachers who had received preservice teacher education in EE implemented significantly more EE topics into the curriculum than did teachers who reported receiving no pre-service teacher education in EE; (2) science teachers had a higher level of implementation for the majority of the EE topics compared to social studies teachers, even though environmental topics and issues are included in standards for both sets of teachers; (3) beginning teachers do not implement the EE topics nearly as much as veteran teachers.