Assessing the Status of Environmental Education in Illinois Elementary Schools

Assessing the Status of Environmental Education in Illinois Elementary Schools

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One-thousand Illinois elementary teachers received a survey intended to assess the amount and manner in which they included environmental education in the classroom during the 2005 academic year. Over 91% of respondents (n = 234) said that they taught about the environment at least once during the s...

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Main Authors: Rebecca M. Young, Sharron LaFollette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-01-01
Series:Environmental Health Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S3502
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spelling doaj-9ca72887d0b6404f9a6a3ec7727cc69d2020-11-25T03:48:36ZengSAGE PublishingEnvironmental Health Insights1178-63022009-01-01310.4137/EHI.S3502Assessing the Status of Environmental Education in Illinois Elementary SchoolsRebecca M. Young0Sharron LaFollette1Department of Public Health, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL 62703, USA.Department of Public Health, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL 62703, USA.One-thousand Illinois elementary teachers received a survey intended to assess the amount and manner in which they included environmental education in the classroom during the 2005 academic year. Over 91% of respondents (n = 234) said that they taught about the environment at least once during the school year, yet most students were only exposed to 22 to 100 minutes during that year. Of the teachers that included environmental education, 49% said they did so because of personal interest in the environment; 47% of the teachers that excluded it said the reason was because of a lack of class time.https://doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S3502
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description One-thousand Illinois elementary teachers received a survey intended to assess the amount and manner in which they included environmental education in the classroom during the 2005 academic year. Over 91% of respondents (n = 234) said that they taught about the environment at least once during the school year, yet most students were only exposed to 22 to 100 minutes during that year. Of the teachers that included environmental education, 49% said they did so because of personal interest in the environment; 47% of the teachers that excluded it said the reason was because of a lack of class time.
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