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The status of environmental education in Illinois public high school science and social studies classrooms

Posted on:2014-04-27Degree:Ed.DType:Dissertation
University:Northern Illinois UniversityCandidate:Carter, Jill FFull Text:PDF
GTID:1457390008453912Subject:Education
Abstract/Summary:
Examines relationships among the levels of pre-service and inservice teacher preparation in various topic areas within environmental education (EE) and the levels of implementation of those topic areas in public high school science and social studies classrooms in Illinois. Measures teacher attitudes toward EE. Findings indicate that teachers who had received pre-service/inservice teacher education in EE implemented significantly more EE topics into the curriculum than did teachers who reported receiving no pre-service/inservice teacher education in EE. Findings also indicate that beginning teachers do not implement the EE topics nearly as much as veteran teachers.
Keywords/Search Tags:Education, Teacher
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