Ecology in Education [Paperback]

This book reviews ideas and strategies for environmental education for today's global population.This book reviews progress and communicates ideas and strategies for incorporation of environmental education into formal and informal education. It encompasses a variety of approaches and examples from both developed and developing countries.This book reviews progress and communicates ideas and strategies for incorporation of environmental education into formal and informal education. It encompasses a variety of approaches and examples from both developed and developing countries.Ecological education has become increasingly important with the realization that the world's environmental problems cannot be solved without action from the global population. This book reviews progress and communicates ideas and strategies for incorporation of environmental education into formal and informal education. It encompasses a variety of approaches and examples from both developed and developing countries.Foreword Frank B. Golley; Preface Monica Hale; 1. The role of ecology in education in schools in Britain Monica Hale and Jackie Hardie; 3. Environmental education in the primary school science curriculum in Uganda Christopher Acar; 4. The place of ecology in adult education Peter A. Thomas; 5. New opportunities for ecology education in the United States Alan R. Berkowitz; 6. Ecology education and field studies: historical trends and some present-day influences in Britain Stephen Tilling; 7. Field studies as a technique for environmental education in developed and developing nations Walter D. S. Leal Filho; 8. Learning about ecology through contact with vegetation Margarete R. Harvey; 9. Learning through landscapes Eileen Adams; 10. Ecology and environmental education in the urban environment Monica Hale; 11. Ecological concepts as a basis to environmental education in Indonesia Mohamad Soerjani; 12. The present status of environmental education in Japan Masahito Yoshida; 13. EcologilÓå