DOCUMENT1ESONE ED 100 022 SE 029 685 - AUTHOB Sacku, Arthur 0., Ed:: Davis, Cfaig 0., Ed. TITLE 'Current Issues V: The Yearbook cf Ervirkinmental, EducatiOn and BpvirOniental Studies. Selected Papeis' 'from the.Eighth Annual Conference of,the-National kssOcietion fcrefErvironmental EducatiOn. INSTITUTIOh ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science, 'Mathematics, and Environmental'Education Coluwbus, Ohlio.: National Association for Envircnmental Education, Trby, Ohio. ,SPONS'AGENCY National /nst. of, Education (DHEW)., Washington, D.C. PUB DATE Nov 79 CONTRACT 400-7B-0004' NOTE 306p. AVAILABLE FROMInforma3.itn Peference Center (EFIC/IRC), The Ohio State Univ.,1200 Chambers Rd., 3rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43212 ($6.00) EDRS PRICE MFOI/PC13 Plus Postage. DEStPIPTORS Conservation (Environment): *Conservation Education: Curriculun; EcolOgy: *Educational Research: Elementary Secondary Education: Envircnment; *Environmental Education; EvalmatioU Methods; Higher , Education: Insuction: *InstruCtional Materials; InterdiscipliNnary Approach: Learning; *Nonformal Education: *Outdoor.Education: Science Education; Teacher Education. IDENTIFIERS Information Analysis Products ABsTRACT These proceeaings,are divided into two major sections. SeItion I cOnteAins papers based on original research and thought-and are intended as elamples of products of rigbrous scholarship. This section is subdtvided into three subsections , covering the future, the present, and the past. Papers appearing In this Aection were reviewed by at least two researchers selected for their expertise relative to the article being examined. Twelve papers a Appear in this section. The second section includesdesCriptive or journalistic p pers and program reviews. Papers for this section are intended to be useful dnd of interest to environmental educators. In all, 16,paper appeat in Section II. A section of guidelines for authors concludes the doctimen't. (Author/RE) .1 *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS ar ii.the best that.can be made * * from the oriqinal document. i . * ***t**********,****************************************41*************** I CURRENT IoStiESV: The.Teirbook oftEnvironmental Education and Environmental Studies Selected Papers from the Eighth Annual ConferenceOfth; National,Associatign 04 for EnVironmental Education 4. ' US, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UCATION & WELFARE N NAL INSTITUTE OF Edited* 'EDUCATION ArMnrB.Sacim THIS 00-CUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO. DUCEDown, AS RECEIVED F,ROM and THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION aRIIIIN ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OROPINIONS Craig B. Davis. STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY PEPRE. SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR EOLICY The National Association for Environmental EducatJ.on P.O. Box 400 Troy, Ohio 45373 A .0* .Published by' ERIOClearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education 8. The Ohio State University @College of Education and School of Natural Resources 1200 Chamberp Road, 3rd Floor Columbus, Ohio 43212 ;kw November 1979 4 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INFORMATTNREPORTS Environmental Education Information Reports ar Issued,to analyze and summarize information,related to the teaching and.learning ok environ- mental educaticn. 'It is hoped that these reviews will provide inor- ation for personnel invOlved in development,. ideas Sor.teachers, and dications of trends in environment4 education.. Your comments and suggestions for this series are inkrited. John F: Disinger lssociate DirectOr Environmental Education LP ****************, This publication was prepared with_funding from the National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and WrAfare under contract no. 400-78-0004. The opinions expressed ln this report do not necessarily reflect the pot4tions or policies.of N1E or HEW. ) a PREFACE Itte Eighth Annual Conference' of the Nhtional Aspociay.on for EnVironmental Education (NApp) was held 4 May through 8 May 1979 on' , .the cam:pus of VirginiaPolytechnicInetitute and State University in ,..Blacksburg, Virginia. Two hundred and seventy-one individuals, from 35 states, the Zistrict,of ColuMbii2, and two Canadian provinCes par- ticipated. " ;) , .- , V. 3 With this volume,,Current Issues hhs found a new subtitle, The Yearbook of Environmental Education and EnvironmentalStudre77 and a neve-format. The subtitle, adopted by 'the NAEE hoard of Directo::3 at' its May meeting in Blacksburg, represents a.recognitien of the dis- tinction betimen environmental educationthe deliverY-ocriented process of effectively presenting knowledge-about our environment and ,our. 'impact upon it,to public school students and the geperal public; and environmental-studiesthe content-oriented interdisciplinary examina- tion of the complex relations within-man-environment' systems that is designed to further basic understanding and ameliorate present and anticipated environmental problems. This new subtitle also under- scores the two basic trusts represented'within NAEE'smembership - itself, those who teach abotit the environment at the K-12 level or. , , provid&guirenmental informationto the public at large, and those engaged in post-'secondary'environmentally related instruction and research. The change in title, then, is an acknowledgment of two connected\but distinct intrests within the brogd field of environ- mental inguiry, and an attempt to wed these interests through.the '. publication of gua4ty workfrom-both perspectives in one volume, lbe,pUblication of quality.work has been the goal of Current Issues . since its estabrishMent, and the membership of NAEEaTir=144577-a177)f Directors have sought Continually to develop ways of upgradingAE 1 \ annual collestion of.articles'and reports. /n an efforteto eleva Lit'from a "pro6eedin4s" to a "yearbook," Current 4/ssUei is now div, \Ante two discrete sections; Section I, "Refereed Papers," contains articles kased on original research and thoughtana rigorous scholar- ship. In addit'on to review by the editor,p,, all articles,submitted for this secticn are reviewed by at leaAt two researchers selected for their expertise relevant to the article under scrutiny. Section II, "Notes and Commentaries," contains'significant descriptive or journal4 istic papers and program reviews which do not qualify as research or . scholarly, works. Articles submitted fer this section are evaluated on °the basis of the usefulness of contribtitions, their readability, and their interest to the readers of Current Issues. The new "Guidelines A for Ahthors" (page295) describe the details of manuscript preparation , and prodedures for submission to Current Issues VI. Since papers'for the Blacksburg Conference were written and accepted for Conference.bresentation prior to the decision to change the format ofCurralt Issues,'the editors have broadly applied ,the 4 above criteria to the papers that were submitted, and all submissions underwent peer review by at least two,individuals in addition to the 4 editors. (Pee "Revi ers," page vi.) In all, 46 papers were bmitted. - A total of 28.wete a cepted'for publication (ioe., 1 perce of the, total),42 for Section I, and 16 for Section II. Th4 editoks have been greatly asSisted in this reviewy ASsociate Edi.tor, Dr. Thanas Tanher of Iowa State University, 4holprov ed spec.ial expert e-in environ- mental edlication matters. The editors are particularly apPreciative that_this new approach ' to Current Issues is marked by the publication of aninvited "Foreword" written by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin.Although we hope to 'make the gues'authorship of the."Foreword" a regular part of future volumes of Current Issues, we'are especially pleased .dhat Senator Nelson, a national leader in,the area of environmental policy and environmental prote:ction, and one of the first public figures to acknowr ledge the significance of environmentaloncerns, willingly to write the first such piece.,. We also wish tc express our deep appreciation to the ERICClearing- house for Science, Mathematics and Eqvironmental Education for directly %, ste5nsoritig the publidation of Curreni Issues V. We are once again indebted to Dr. John Disingsr, Associate Directorof ERIC, without whose cooperation and assistance the Current Issues series-could not be pro-, duced. His patience and his .careful and professional attention to detail have bedin invaluable. In a similar vein, We vouldlike.d3 thank Ms. Joan Heidelberg, NAEE's Executive Director, and Ms. Patyaekler, both of the Brukner Nature Center of Troy, Ohio, for their assistance in obtaining NAEE,membership information and for providing cover graphics. , Finally, we would like,to acknowledge with our sincere thanks the . continued support provided to NAEg and Current Issues by the Institute for Environmental Studies of the University of Wismnsin-Madisoh, and the Environmental Studies Program of Iowa Stae$University, thrpugh volunteering staff time, facilities, and a wide range of expenses with- out which this volume would not have beeh possible.quch assistance is in the,pest tradition of public seryice which'has made the land grant .universicy idea such a profoundly significant force Within American \ society. ii Arthur B. Sacks Craig B. Davis 'Editors, Current Issues V. 'N 0 chestnut-tree,greA-rooted blossomer, 4 Are you the deaf, the blossom or the bole? 0 body swayed to music, 0 brightening glance, How can we knowehe dancer from the da,ce? William Butler Yeats "Amr.q School Children" i v (7- CURREiVT ISSUES V: The Yearbook of Environmental Education and