Amy Cutter?Mackenzie|Richard V. Smith
Ecological literacy: the ‘missing paradigm’ in environmental education (part one)
environmental educators often maintain primary school education endeavour improve protect environment producing environmentally informed committed active citizenry yet existing research shows implementation environmental education primary schools problematic limited success reasons shortcomings far clear present research merely speculating barriers effective implementation extent dearth empirical research primary school teachers knowledge environmental education degree teachers knowledge inhibits environmental education practice article investigates australian primary school teachers knowledge environmental education utilises combinedmethods approach theoretical concept ecological literacy ecoliteracy assess primary school teachers knowledge beliefs environmental education based upon findings study contend australian specifically queensland primary school teachers likely functioning knowledge level ecological illiteracy andor nominal ecological literacy furthermore primary school teachers tend dismiss importance knowledge preferring focus upon attitudes values teaching environmental education shown existing research trends placed wider theoretical debates knowledge education generally case levels ecological literacy inadequate ecologically literate students thus ecologically literate citizenry achieved within schools