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The Environment And Contested Notions Of Sustainability Are Increasingly Topics Of Public Interest, Political Debate, And Legislation Across The World. Environmental Education Journals Now Publish Research From A Wide Variety Of Methodological Traditions That Show Linkages Between The Environment, Health, Development, And Education. This Growth In Scholarship Makes This An Opportune Time To Review And Consolidate The Knowledge Base Of The Environmental Education (ee) Field. The Purpose Of This 51-chapter Handbook Is Not Only To Illuminate The Most Important Concepts, Findings And Theories That Have Been Developed By Ee Research, But Also To Critically Examine The Historical Progression Of The Field, Its Current Debates And Controversies, What Is Still Missing From The Ee Research Agenda, And Where That Agenda Might Be Headed. Published For The American Educational Research Association (aera)-- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: An Orientation To Environmental Education And The Handbook / Robert B. Stevenson,... [et Al.] -- Section I. Historical, Contextual, And Theoretical Orientations That Have Shaped Environmental Science Education Research / Annette Gough -- 2. The Emergence Of Environmental Education Research: A History Of The Field / Annette Gough -- 3. Socioecological Approaches To Environmental Education And Research: A Paradigmatic Response To Behavioral Change Orientations / Regula Kyburz-graber -- 4. Thinking Globally In Environmental Education: A Critical History / Noel Gough -- 5. Selected Trends In Thirty Years Of Doctoral Research In Environmental Education In Dissertation Abstracts International From Collections Prepared In The United States Of America / Thomas Marcinkowski,... [et Al.] --^ 6. Transformation, Empowerment, And The Governing Of Environmental Conduct: Insights To Be Gained From A History Of The Present Approach / Jo-anne Ferreira -- Section Ii. Normative Dimensions Of Environmental Education Research: Conceptions Of Education And Environmental Ethics / Bob Jickling And Arjen E.j. Wals -- 7. Probing Normative Research In Environmental Education: Ideas About Education And Ethics / Bob Jickling And Arjen E.j. Wals -- 8. Self, Environment, And Education: Normative Arisings / Michael Bonnett -- 9. A Critical Theory Of Place-conscious Education / David A. Greenwood -- 10. Learning From Hermit Crabs, Mycelia, And Banyan: Schools As Centers Of Critical Inquiry And Renormatization / Heesoon Bai And Serenna Romanycia -- 11. Why We Need A Language Of (environmental) Education / Lesley Le Grange -- 12. Environmental Ethics As Processes Of Open-ended, Pluralistic, Deliberative Enquiry / Lausanne Olvitt --^ Section Iii. Analyses Of Environmental Education Discourses And Policies / Ian Robottom And Robert B. Stevenson -- 13. The Politics Of Needs And Sustainability Education / Lesley Le Grange -- 14. Languages And Discourses Of Education, Environment, And Sustainable Development / Tom Berryman And Lucie Sauve -- 15. Researching Tensions And Pretensions In Environmental/sustainability Education Policies: From Critical To Civically Engaged Policy Scholarship / Robert B. Stevenson -- 16. Changing Discourses In Ee/esd: A Role For Professional Self-development / Ian Robottom -- 17. Connecting Vocational And Technical Education With Sustainability / Alberto Arenas And Fernando Londono -- 18. Trends, Junctures, And Disjunctures In Latin American Environmental Education Research / Edgar Gonzalez Gaudiano And Leonir Lorenzetti -- 19. Ee Policies In Three Chinese Communities: Challenges And Prospects For Future Development / Lee Chi Kin, Wang Shun Mei, And Yang Guang --^ Part B. Research On Environmental Education Curriculum, Learning, And Assessment: Processes And Outcomes -- Section Iv. Curriculum Research In Environmental Education / Heila Lotz-sisitka -- 20. Traditions And New Niches: An Overview Of Environmental Education Curriculum And Learning Research / Heila Lotz-sisitka, John Fien, And Mphemelang Ketlhoilwe -- 21. Environmental Education In A Cultural Context / Albert Zeyer And Elin Kelsey -- 22. Place-based Education: Practice And Impacts / Gregory A. Smith -- 23. Getting The Picture: From The Old Reflection -- Hearing Pictures And Telling Tales, To The New Reflection -- Seeing Voices And Painting Scenes / Tony Shallcross And John Robinson -- 24. Moinho D'agua: Environmental Education, Participation, And Autonomy In Rural Areas / Joao Luiz De Moraes Hoeffel,... [et Al.] -- Section V. Research On Learning Processes In Environmental Education / Justin Dillon, Joe E. Heimlich, And Elin Kelsey --^ 25. Environmental Learning: Insights From Research Into The Student Experience / Cecilia Lundholm, Nick Hopwood, And Mark Rickinson -- 26. Conventional And Emerging Learning Theories: Implications And Choices For Educational Researchers With A Planetary Consciousness / Arjen E.j. Wals And Justin Dillon -- 27. Belief To Behavior: A Vital Link / Joe E. Heimlich, Preethi Mony, And Victor Yocco -- 28. Landscapes As Contexts For Learning / Carol B. Brandt -- Section Vi. Evaluation And Analysis Of Environmental Education Programs, Materials, And Technologies And The Assessment Of Learners And Learning / Michael Brody And Martin Storksdieck -- 29. Research On The Long-term Impacts Of Environmental Education / Kendra Liddicoat And Marianne E. Krasny -- 30. Advancing Environmental Education Program Evaluation: Insights From A Review Of Behavioral Outcome Evaluations / Michaela Zint --^ 31. National Assessments Of Environmental Literacy: A Review, Comparison, And Analysis / Thomas Marcinkowski,... [et Al.] -- 32. Geospatial Technologies: The Present And Future Roles Of Emerging Technologies In Environmental Education / Michael Barnett,... [et Al.] -- 33. Sustainability Education: Theory And Practice / Sarah Holdsworth, Ian Thomas, And Kathryn Hegarty -- 34. Learning From Neighboring Fields: Conceptualizing Outcomes Of Environmental Education Within The Framework Of Free-choice Learning Experiences / Lynn D. Dierking, John H. Falk, And Martin Storksdieck -- Part C. Issues Of Framing, Doing, And Assessing In Environmental Education Research -- Section Vii. Moving Margins In Environmental Education Research / Constance L. Russell And Leesa Fawcett -- 35. Researching Differently: Generating A Gender Agenda For Research In Environmental Education / Annette Gough -- 36. The Representation Of Indigenous Knowledges / Soul Shava --^ 37. Educating For Environmental Justice / Randolph Haluza-delay -- 38. Indigenous Environmental Education Research In North America: A Brief Review / Greg Lowan-trudeau -- 39. Three Degrees Of Separation: Accounting For Naturecultures In Environmental Education Research / Leesa Fawcett -- Section Viii. Philosophical And Methodological Perspectives / Paul Hart -- 40. (un)timely Ecophenomenological Framings Of Environmental Education Research / Phillip G. Payne -- 41. Children As Active Researchers: The Potential Of Environmental Education Research Involving Children / Elisabeth Barratt Hacking, Amy Cutter-mackenzie, And Robert Barratt -- 42. Collaborative Ecological Inquiry: Where Action Research Meets Sustainable Development / Hilary Bradbury-huang And Ken Long -- 43. Critical Action Research And Environmental Education: Conceptual Congruencies And Imperatives In Practice / Robert B. Stevenson And Ian Robottom --^ 44. A Feminist Poststructural Approach To Environmental Education Research / Bronwyn Davis -- 45. Suited: Relational Learning And Socialecological Pedagogies / Marcia Mckenzie,... [et Al.] -- 46. Greeing The Knowledge Economy: Ecosophy, Ecology, And Economy / Michael A. Peters -- 47. Preconceptions And Positionings: Can We See Ourselves Within Our Won Terrain? / Paul Hart -- Section Ix. Insights, Gaps, And Future Directions In Environmental Education Research -- 48. The Evolving Characteristics Of Environmental Education Research / Robert B. Stevenson,... [et Al.] -- 49. Identyfing Needs In Environmental Education Research / Alan Reid And Phillip G. Payne -- 51. Tentative Directions For Environmental Education Research In Uncertain Times / Arjen E.j. Wals,... [et Al.] -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- The Editors -- The Contributors. Edited By Robert B. Stevenson... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.