For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON, February 4, 2013─ The American Educational Research
Association (AERA) is proud to announce the publication of the
International Handbook of Research on
Environmental Education, a volume aimed at educators, researchers, policy
makers, and students to help create better understanding of environmental
issues. This book is published by Routledge Publishers on behalf of AERA.
“A comprehensive volume on research on environmental education
could not come at a better time, when the world is fast realizing how essential
it is to expand education and enhance literacy about the environment,” observed
AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine. “This cross-disciplinary volume
identifies the scholarship that can and should undergird debate of
environmental issues such as climate change, conservation, and sustainability.”
Robert B. Stevenson, James Cook University, Australia; Michael
Brody, Montana State University, USA; Justin Dillon, King’s College London,
United Kingdom; and Arjen Wals, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, edited the
new volume.
The editors state that “the purpose of the handbook is not only to
illuminate the most important understandings that have been developed by
environmental education research, but also to critically examine the ways in
which the field has changed over the decades, the current debates and
controversies, what is still missing from the environmental education research
agenda, and where that agenda might be headed in the future.” The
International Handbook of Research on
Environmental Education offers an assessment of the substance and
robustness of the knowledge base and provides a foundation for advancing
thinking of scholars and students about future directions for environmental
education research.
The new
Handbook is an
international effort, consisting of 51 chapters written by scholars who
represent six continents and 15 countries.
Order information and the
Research
on Environmental Education table of contents, with a listing of chapter
topics and contributing authors, are posted on the
AERA website.
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American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the national
interdisciplinary research association for approximately 25,000 scholars who
undertake research in education. Founded in 1916, AERA aims to advance
knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education,
and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public
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