The impact and influence of their school experiences and of their teachers on children and their subsequent beliefs and values are unknown. This book attempts to capture what is in the hearts and minds of teachers and mentors as they provide mind-forming experiences for children. In their own voices, teachers describe why the environment is an important component of their educational practice why it is even more important than traditional school subjects such as science. Conservative moral principles, not unbridled emotions, guide their behavior as responsible professionals who care deeply about children and their future.

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The Author: Paul Hart is Professor of Science and Environmental Education at the University of Regina, Canada. He has taught in both elementary and secondary schools. Currently on the Board of the North American Association for Environmental Education, he was a founding member of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM). Hart s work in areas of teacher thinking and practice and in children s ideas about the environment have resulted in numerous articles on research methodology. A regular contributor to journals in science and environmental education, he is the co-author (with Ian Robottom) of Research in Environmental Education: Engaging the Debate.