Socio-scientific reasoning and environmental literacy in a field-based ecology class

The complex environmental challenges humanity faces require citizens who are scientifically and environmentally literate. Many environmental education programs are situated in the field where students are immersed in their learning. These field-based activities are engaging but may lack opportunities for students to develop critical thinking and reasoning skills necessary to be environmentally literate. We suggest a socio-scientific issue (SSI) based teaching approach can increase epistemic engagement and lead to student gains in scientific and environmental literacy. This study describes how we modified an existing field-based ecology course, framing the learning around a local environmental socio-scientific issue. We used a convergent parallel mixed-methods approach to examine the changes in socio-scientific reasoning (SSR) over time for high school students in this course as a measure of scientific and environmental literacy. Results indicate that a focused SSI field-based environmental education curriculum can support development of socio-scientific reasoning and environmental literacy competencies among high school students.     

Connecting children to nature through residential outdoor environmental education

Connecting to nature and spending time outdoors as children have been indicated as predictors of environmentally responsible behavior. This study examined whether a residential outdoor environmental education (ROEE) program contributed to the development of children’s connection to nature and their attitudes and involvement in spending time outdoors. Fifth-grade students (n = 163) in Pennsylvania enrolled in a multi-day ROEE program completed pretest-posttest surveys, compared with a control group (n = 72) not enrolled. Program evaluation critically examined the program’s encouragement of spending time outdoors by establishing connections to nature. Results indicated moderate success in the program’s effort to increase participants’ nature connection, but yielded mixed results on outcomes related to time spent outdoors. These findings offer encouragement of ROEE programs’ ability to foster connection to nature in participants.     

基于环境分析的长兴蓄电池企业竞争策略研究

浙江长兴是我国重要的蓄电池生产基地。目前,长兴蓄电池企业面临难得的机遇：从宏观上看,蓄电池产品市场需求持续旺盛,政府支持蓄电池产业发展;从微观上看,蓄电池行业的集中度较高,下游企业的威胁相对较小。尽管蓄电池企业也存在原材料价格上涨,替代品威胁等不利因素,但整体上是机会大于威胁。各类蓄电池企业应根据宏观环境和行业现状,结合自身的特点,采取不同的竞争策略,以赢得自身的生存和发展。     

我国环保产业的发展现状、问题与对策

环保产业作为一个具有很大发展潜力的新兴产业,应引起我国高度重视。文章对环保产业的基本概念、环保产业发展现状、环保产业发展过程中存在的问题进行分析,提出发展环保产业需要增加财政投入,拓宽融资渠道,加强宣传与学习,规范环保产业市场,加强监督管理等手段来解决我国目前环保产业中存在的问题,更好地推进环保产业,构建和谐社会。     

论民间美术对环境艺术设计的启示——以大唐西市规划方案为例

作为环境艺术设计人员,面对日渐扩张的城市版图以及钢筋水泥、玻璃、金属构成的"居住机器"中,如何利用民间美术来打破建筑形式及装饰上沉闷的格调,将民族性与时代性有机地融合一起,是摆在我们面前必须认真思考与对待的问题。     

酒店服务业LCA清单分析及实证研究

运用生命周期评价的思想,对酒店服务业进行生命周期清单分析,旨在识别和评价酒店服务业的主要环境负载,为酒店服务业环境问题的解决和推进生命周期评价在酒店领域的应用提供有益参考.     

环境学科概念与分类方案研究

文章在分析目前国内外已有典型环境概念及其含义特点的基础上,指出了已有环境概念的狭义性、时空不确定性及与自然发展史的不一致性,结合近几年人们对环境科学与可持续发展理论的新认识,对环境一词提出了全新的概念,同时对环境系统的分类依据、分类方法及命名规则也提出了相应的方案,为环境学科概念及分类命名的进一步完善提供了新的思路。     

建构主义视角下的幼儿园活动室墙面环境创设

从建构主义的视角看,目前幼儿园活动室墙面环境创设存在教育价值突显不够、幼儿主体性体现不足、内容适宜度有待提高等问题。为此,幼儿园活动室墙面环境创设要有明确的教育目标和教育理念,允许幼儿全面地接触、享受墙面环境,真正发挥幼儿在墙面环境创设中的主体性,以幼儿的年龄特点、真实需要、已有知识经验等创设动态、多元的活动室墙面环境。     

浅析我国农民环境权益的法律保护

我国农村环境问题产生于不平衡的社会经济发展现实与发展模式。当前,我国农民环境权保护中主要存在农村环境保护制度供给不平等、农民环境意识薄弱以及环境维权能力低下等问题。为了更好地保护农村环境、保障农民环境权益,我们应在立法上确立农民环境权,建立农村环境公益诉讼制度,完善对农民的生态补偿制度和农村环境法律援助制度,并建立多种形式的监督机制。     

西部地区高等教育公平问题探析

西部高等教育公平是社会公平的重要基础,是西部经济发展的强大动力,是构建和谐社会的基本要求。但西部地区高考生享有的教育机会不公平和西部高校就读学生教育过程不公平影响了高等教育公平发展的总体进度。要促进西部高等教育公平,应制定更为科学、合理的招生制度,促进高等教育机会均等;加强政府政策导向,加大西部高校建设投入;完善贫困学生资助措施,促进高等教育机会公平;创新环境,吸引优秀人才充实师资队伍;调整、改革高等教育成本分担机制。