EXPECTED RESULTS
The results of this research are expected to impact several environmental
education arenas. First, the findings may be useful to policymakers in decisions
regarding federal, state and local support for environmental education. While existing
research provides increasingly strong support for environmental education based on
school performance and environmental citizenship outcomes, the results of this research
could provide an additional justification for support of environmental education on the
grounds of environmental improvement.
Second, the review of literature for this project will be further developed and
submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed education journal. The review will be a
summary of previous research related to the question of environmental education and
environmental quality, and will help direct further research in this area.
Finally, we anticipate this study being the first foray into a new environmental
education research arena. We realize that our research is preliminary in any kind of
logical argument about causality. We believe our greatest contribution is taking the first
small step on the path toward a research agenda of global significance.
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