eeResearch Studies
Direct links to notable peer-reviewed research. See eeResearch News above for current studies.
Place-Based Education Evaluation Collablorative - Quantifying a Relationship Between Place-based Learning and Environmental Quality
EPA-funded study shows that environmental education programs can measurably improve environmental quality.
Natural Learning Initiative Research and Projects
Significant Life Experiences: A New Research Area in Environmental Education Thomas Tanner (1980)
This often-cited study provides evidence that those in conservation-related careers had positive, frequent experiences in nature. Tanner suggests that effective EE that gets children outside is essential to a sustainable future.
Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning Gerald A. Lieberman and Linda L. Hoody, State Education and Environment Roundtable
Childhood Outdoors: Toward a Social Ecology of the Landscape. Robin Moore and Donald Young (1978).
Coping with ADD: The surprising connection to green play settings.Faber Taylor, A., Kuo, F.E., & Sullivan, W.C. (2001) Environment and Behavior, 33(1), 54-77. (Scroll down to the bottom for access to the paper--download is free but they do ask that you tell them your organization and purpose for downloading.)
Is love of nature in the US becoming love of electronic media? 16-year
downtrend in national park visits explained by watching movies,
playing video games, internet use, and oil prices Oliver R.W. Pergamsa, Patricia A. Zaradicbn (2006) More about their work and research since the study at videophilia.org.
Why Conservationists Should Heed Pokémon Balmford, Clegg, Coulson and Taylor (2002)
Survey of UK School Children revealed they could identify more "species" of Pokémon charaters than species of native UK wildlife.
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