<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Environmental sustainability is a topic widely discussed in the field of science education, yet, few entities have committed to developing environmental sustainability education standards. The Washington State Department of Education has created K-12 Integrated Environmental and Sustainability Learning Standards (IESLS, 2009), which align with current research and practices in environmental and sustainability education. This study focuses on the perceptions of secondary pre-service teachers about the use of images to teach environmental sustainability topics integrated in their content area. The research explores the question what secondary pre-service teachers' perceptions of sustainability and using images to teach environmental sustainability topics in their content area are. The participants were comprised of secondary pre-service teachers enrolled in an instructional methodology course from a small university in the Pacific Northwestern United States. Teaching environmental sustainability and integrating lessons using images had a noticeable impact on pre-service teachers' perceived future teaching practices. Participants also changed beliefs over the course of the study about using images to teach environmental sustainability topics.</p></abstract>

Environmental sustainability is a topic widely discussed in the field of science education, yet, few entities have committed to developing environmental sustainability education standards. The Washington State Department of Education has created K-12 Integrated Environmental and Sustainability Learning Standards (IESLS, 2009), which align with current research and practices in environmental and sustainability education. This study focuses on the perceptions of secondary pre-service teachers about the use of images to teach environmental sustainability topics integrated in their content area. The research explores the question what secondary pre-service teachers' perceptions of sustainability and using images to teach environmental sustainability topics in their content area are. The participants were comprised of secondary pre-service teachers enrolled in an instructional methodology course from a small university in the Pacific Northwestern United States. Teaching environmental sustainability and integrating lessons using images had a noticeable impact on pre-service teachers' perceived future teaching practices. Participants also changed beliefs over the course of the study about using images to teach environmental sustainability topics.

Pre-Service Teachers' Use of Images in Integrating Environmental Sustainability Lessons

Walla Walla University, the United States of America

University of Idaho-Coeur d'Alene, the United States of America

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

Environmental sustainability is a topic widely discussed in the field of science education, yet, few entities have committed to developing environmental...

Pre-Service Teachers' Use of Images in Integrating Environmental Sustainability Lessons

Published Online: Jul 13, 2012

Page range: 67 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-012-0006-8

Keywords
environmental sustainability, environmental science education, integration, images, secondary pre-service teachers

This content is open access.

Pre-Service Teachers' Use of Images in Integrating Environmental Sustainability Lessons

Published Online: Jul 13, 2012

Page range: 67 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-012-0006-8

Keywordsenvironmental sustainability, environmental science education, integration, images, secondary pre-service teachers

This content is open access.

Keywords
environmental sustainability, environmental science education, integration, images, secondary pre-service teachers