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Environmental Education — A New Word or a New Philosophy of Teaching?

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Environmental Education

Part of the book series: Environmental Science Research ((ESRH,volume 18))

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If intentional education means transformation of learners towards well-defined goals, environmental education would mean that learners achieve goals specially dealing with environmental aspects. Such goals can be seen in the usual three categories as being cognitive, psychomotoric, or affective.

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  1. IPN, Institute for Science Education, University of Kiel, Kiel, F.R. Germany

    Gerhard Schaefer

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  1. Division of Sciences, Athabasca University, T5L 2W4, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Trilochan S. Bakshi (Head) (Head)

  2. The Lowdermilk Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, 3200, Haifa, Israel

    Zev Naveh

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Schaefer, G. (1980). Environmental Education — A New Word or a New Philosophy of Teaching?. In: Bakshi, T.S., Naveh, Z. (eds) Environmental Education. Environmental Science Research, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3713-3_1

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