Teaching Students to Make Better Decisions About the Environment: Lessons From the Decision Sciences

One of the fundamental goals of environmental education (EE) is to equip students with the skills to make more thoughtful decisions about environmental issues. Many examples of environmental and science education curricula work to address this goal by providing students with up-to-date information a...

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Published in:The Journal of environmental education 2004-10, Vol.36 (1), p.33-44
Main Authors: Arvai, Joseph L., Campbell, Victoria E. A., Baird, Anne, Rivers, Louie
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Barriers
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curriculum
Curriculum Development
Decision Making
Ecology
Environmental Education
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Instructional Development
Integrated Curriculum
Organic Chemistry
Partnerships in Education
Probability
Resistance (Psychology)
Science Education
Science Instruction
Skill development
Student Improvement
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
Yugoslavia (Belgrade)
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