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Overview

2002 Annual Meeting

Ecological & Environmental Education Special Interest Group
AERA, New Orleans, April 1-5, 2002

Click to read the Program Chair's overview for 2002 and online newsletter reports of AERA 2001.

# 1.03 Overcoming School-based Obstacles to Education for Sustainability - Questions of Time, Values and Validity - Symposium
Monday, April 1, 12:00:00 PM--2:00:00 PM, Marriott, La Galerie 1, 2nd floor

# 6.62 SIG Ecological and Environmental Education - New Member Session
Monday, April 1, 4:05:00 PM--5:35:00 PM, Sheraton, Pontchartrain C, 3rd floor

# 13.79 Ecological and Environmental Education SIG - Paper Discussion
Tuesday, April 2, 10:35:00 AM--11:15:00 AM, Sheraton, Armstrong Ballroom, 8th floor

Field visit and Dinner
Wednesday, April 3, afternoon
Field visit - Leaves front of Marriott at 2 pm and returns at 5 pm - visit includes LINCOLN BEACH, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON PROJECT, 3317 & 3327 CHARTRES STREET.
Followed by EEE-SIG Dinner - "Dickie Brennan's Palace Cafe" at 605 Canal St. Dinner commences at 7 pm and we will meet at the restaurant.

It is essential to book early as we have reserved only 25 places for the tour and the dinner. Please email Kimewalker@aol.com to make your reservation. It is not necessary to attend both events.

# 43.83 Re-thinking Environmental Education: Minority female perspectives on the environment, farmers' and fishermans' sense of place, primary students' stories and teachers' environmental knowledge - Paper Presentation
Thursday, April 4, 2:15:00 PM--3:45:00 PM, Sheraton, Rampart, 5th floor

# 45.69 Educating between fear and hope: Creating a culture of peace and environmental justice - Presentations followed by a reception and business meeting of EEE-SIG
Thursday, April 4, 4:05:00 PM--5:35:00 PM, Sheraton, 821, 8th floor

Other sessions presented by members of EEE-SIG of further interest:

# 15.57 Social, Cultural, and Historical Contexts of Educational Policy
Sponsors: Division G, Tuesday, April 2, 12:25:00 PM--1:55:00 PM, Le Meridien, St.Jerome, 3rd floor

# 53.10 Motivational Issues in Education
Sponsors: Division C, Friday, April 5, 11:25:00 AM--12:05:00 PM, Sheraton, Armstrong Ballroom, 8th floor

 

Sessions

 

# 1.03 Overcoming School-Based Obstacles to Education for Sustainability - Questions of Time, Values and Validity - Symposium

Sponsors: SIG/Ecological & Environmental Education

Monday, 12:00:00 PM--2:00:00 PM

Marriott, La Galerie 1, 2nd floor

Chair: William AH Scott, University of Bath

Co-Chairs: Robert V. Farrell, Florida International University; George Papagiannis, Florida State Univ

Challenge Facing Environmental Education: Reinforcing Ecological More Than Consumer-Dependent Intelligence. Chet A. Bowers, U. Of Oregon

Sustainability, Health Education and the 'Test of Ought'. Gerald Fain, Boston U.

Multicultural Educational Pedagogy for Sustainability. Theresa Richardson, Ball State U.

Supplementing Traditional Economics Teaching in Public Schools With a More Ecological Focus. Douglas E. Booth, Marquette U.

Education and Globalization: The Link Between Business, Schooling, and the 'Sustainabliity' Question. Robert V. Farrell, Florida International U.; George Papagiannis, Florida State U.

Discussants: Stephen Fain, Florida International U.; Budd L. Hall, Univ. Of Victoria

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# 6.62 SIG Ecological and Environmental Education - New Member Session

Sponsors: SIG/Ecological & Environmental Education

Monday, 4:05:00 PM--5:35:00 PM

Sheraton, Pontchartrain C, 3rd floor

Chair: Annette E. Gough, Deakin University

Africa AIDS Initiative's AIDS Knowledge Network and Food Garden Curriculum. Kelly A. Corder, Tamra Raven, Africa AIDS Initiative

From stakeholders to students, and back again: The W.I.N.-W.I.N. Evaluation. Claudia Figueiredo, Cynthia Somers-Griffin, William Loadman, Emmalou Norland, The Ohio State University

From the Mountains to the Sea: An Innovative Approach to Teacher Education in Australia. Tania C. Stadler, University of Tasmania

The Status of Environmental Education in Latin American Elementary Schools. Rebecca Penwell, Linda L. Jones, Shannon Cline, Meral Hakverdi, Courtney A. Johnson, University of Florida

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# 13.79 Ecological and Environmental Education SIG - Paper Discussion

Sponsors: SIG/Ecological & Environmental Education

Tuesday, 10:35:00 AM--11:15:00 AM

Sheraton, Armstrong Ballroom, 8th floor

Influences on Environmental Education in a Small Asian Nation: A Multiple Research Approach. Irene Poh-Ai Cheong, Universiti Brunei Darussalam; David F. Treagust, SMEC, Curtin University

Case Studies, Make-Your-Case Studies, and Case Stories: A Critique of Case Study Methodology in Sustainability in Higher Education. Peter Blaze Corcoran, University Leaders for a Sustainable Future; Kim E. Walker, George Washington University; Arjen EJ Wals, Wageningen University

Development of Park Visitors’ Knowledge Systems and Values Related to Their Experience at Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA. Michael J. Brody, Montana State University; Warren C. Tomkiewicz, Plymouth State College; Carl J. Graves, Montana State University

Generating research questions in environmental education from contemporary art and popular media. Noel Gough, Deakin University

Teachers' Understandings of Ecological Concepts. Bruce Johnson, Jamie Carson, University of Arizona; James Kilbane, Indiana Essential Schools Network; Duncan Martin, Liverpool John Moores University; Lars Wohlers, Lueneburg University

Teacher Training and Use of a Comprehensive and Interdisciplinary EE Curriculum. Gina Paul, SIUC

Up to your elbows in ecology: Does field biology impact elementary teachers' attitudes about environmental education? Charles J. Rop, U. of Toledo

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# 15.57 Social, Cultural, and Historical Contexts of Educational Policy

Sponsors: Division G

Tuesday, 12:25:00 PM--1:55:00 PM

Le Meridien, St.Jerome, 3rd floor

Paper Session

Chair: Donna M. Harris, CPRE/University of Pennslyvania

Mission Impossible? Organizational Culture, Educational Policy, and the Comprehensive High School's Mission. Dora Acherman-Chor, Florida International University

High Stakes Testing and the Education of African Americans in Georgia: An Historical Policy Analysis. Jessica Decuir, Derrick Alridge, University of Georgia

Educational leadership in northern Canada: Where cultures collide. T. John Goddard, University of Calgary; Y. Rosemary Foster, University of Manitoba

(Re)creating School/Community Relations: The Misguided Impossibility of Returning to a 'Paradise Lost'. Marianne A. Larsen, Dianne Gereluk, University of London

Mainstreaming Environmental Education: reflections on contract research. Justin S. Dillon, King's College London; Stephen R. Gough, William A. Scott, Bath University; Kelly L. Teamey, King's College London

Reconceptualizing Power in Participatory Policymaking Processes
Jennifer M. Gong, UCLA

Discussant: Rick Ginsberg, Colorado State University

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# 43.83 Re-thinking Environmental Education: Minority female perspectives on the environment, farmers' and fishermans' sense of place, primary students' stories and teachers' environmental knowledge - Paper Session

Sponsors: SIG/Ecological & Environmental Education

Thursday, 2:15:00 PM--3:45:00 PM

Sheraton, Rampart, 5th floor

Chair: Kim E. Walker, George Washington University

How Might Minority Female Perspectives Inform the Field of Environmental Education. Frances T. Ortega, University of New Mexico

Ethical Foundation Motivates Sense of Place Development: Implications for Socially Constructed Environmental Education. Anneliese M. Mueller, Eleanor Abrams, University of New Hampshire

Science with a difference – stories of primary students’ environmental science interest and action – and a twist. Annette Gough, Brian Sharpley, Deakin University

The Value of Teachers' Knowledge: Environmental Education as a Case Study. Amy N. Cutter, Central Queensland University

Discussant: Justin S. Dillon, King's College London

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# 45.69 Educating between fear and hope: Creating a culture of peace and environmental justice - Presentations followed by a reception and Business Meeting of SIG E&EE

Sponsors: SIG/Ecological & Environmental Education

Thursday, 4:05:00 PM--5:35:00 PM

Sheraton, 821, 8th floor

Chair: Arjen EJ Wals, Wageningen University

The Promise of the Earth Charter. Peter Blaze Corcoran, Gulf Coast University

Bioenvironmental Research and Social Issues: Implications for Environmental Education. Valerie P. Wilson, Tulane and Xavier Universities

Social Justice Issues and Environmental Education. Sally O'Connor, Xavier University

The Promise of the Earth Charter (2). Richard Tchen, The Math Forum

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# 53.10 Motivational Issues in Education

Sponsors: Division C

Friday, 11:25:00 AM--12:05:00 PM

Sheraton, Armstrong Ballroom, 8th floor

Paper Discussion

Achievement Goals, Interests, and Learning Outcomes: A Study on Motivated Learning in Physical Education. Ang Chen, University of Maryland; Bo Shen, University of Mryalnd; Kristin Scrabis, Hope Tolley, University of Maryland

Examining the relationships between students' implicit theories of abiltiy, goal orientations and the preferred type of augmented feedback. Weidong Li, Melinda A. Solmon, Louisiana State University; Grace Purvis, Nicholls State University; Amelia M. Lee, Louisiana State University; Hongnan Chu, Southeastern Louisiana University

Misleading the Students: Conceptual Difficulties in Woolfolk's Account of Motivation. Frederick S. Ellett, Jr., University of Western Ontario; David P. Ericson, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Promotion and Assessment of Motivation and Decision-Making in Interdisciplinary STES-Oriented Education. Uri Zoller, University of Haifa-Oranim

The Role of Choice in Learning and Effort. Gregory J. Schraw, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Terri Flowerday, University of New Mexico

The Interaction of Gender and Grade Level in High School Students' Expectation to Attend College. Henry Tsang, University of Arizona


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