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Broom, Catherine A. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2016
This paper reports upon the findings of a research study conducted with British Columbian university youth in Canada, investigating youth beliefs about, and actions towards, civic life and the connections between these factors and youths' personal conditions and surrounding contexts. The findings illustrate the complexity of connections between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizen Participation, Youth Programs, Youth Opportunities
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Stibbards, Adam; Puk, Tom – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
The present study aimed to describe and evaluate a transformative, embodied, emergent learning approach to acquiring ecological literacy through higher education. A class of teacher candidates in a bachelor of education program filled out a survey, which had them rate their level of agreement with 15 items related to ecological macro-models.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Ecology
Gage, Susan – Teachergram, 1989
This newsletter discusses the disappearance of the world's forests and the resulting environmental problems of erosion and flooding; loss of genetic diversity; climatic changes such as less rainfall, and intensifying of the greenhouse effect; and displacement and destruction of indigenous cultures. The articles, lessons, and activities are…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecological Factors, Ecology, Elementary Education