Joy A Palmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5239133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joy A Palmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joy A |
| FAMILY NAME | Palmer |
| SIGNATURE | PALMER J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Rural Children's Views on Human Activities and Changes in a Greek Wetland
We studied the views of Greek children about their likes/dislikes regarding changes to a protected wetland as a result of human activities. We focused on two primary-sector (i.e., fishing, harvest) and two ecotourism (i.e., bird watching, boat tour) activities as these reflect the contrast between traditional land uses and newly established management regimes. We used photos as visual aids for conducting structured interviews with 200 children ag…
Spirit of the Environment
The development of children’s understanding of distant places and environmental issues
The research reported here forms part of a major international study entitled Emergent Environmentalism. The overall purpose of the Emergent Environmentalism research is to investigate the acquisition and development of environmental knowledge, awareness and concern in both adults and young children. This report is of the results of one aspect of this study, namely the development of UK children’s ideas about certain distant places and environmen…
Education for sustainability
This article reports some of the findings of a recent comprehensive review of the education provision of The Wildlife Trusts UK, one of the UK's leading non-governmental organisations (NGOs) concerned with nature conservation. These findings are set within the context of current thinking on responsibility for education for sustainability. It examines some theoretical perspectives on the nature and role of NGOs, and highlights the critical importa…
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer, herself an important and prolific author on environmental matters, has assembled a team of thirty-five expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures – from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are: Philosophers such as Rousseau, Spinoza…
Significant Life Experiences and Formative Influences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in the UK, Australia and Canada
Environmental educators in Australia (n = 82), and Canada (n = 48) wrote autobiographical statements describing the formative influences and significant life experiences (SLE) which led to their concern for the environment. Content analysis identified the influences/experiences mentioned most often, both as single factors, e.g. ‘close family’, and as groups of logically related factors, e.g. ‘people’, a group composed of the factors ‘close family…
Spirit of the Environment
Preface 1. Indian religious traditions, Puroshottama Bilimoria 2. Chinese religion and ecology, Martin Palmer 3. Religion and nature: the Abrahamic faiths' concepts of creation, His All-Holiness Bartolomeus and others 4. Pantheism, Stephen R.L Clark 5. The real, the one and the many in ecological thought, Freya Mathews 6. The recovery of wisdom: Gaia theory and environmental policy, Anne Primavesi 7. Nature and the environment in indigenous and t…
Significant Influences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in the UK, Slovenia and Greece
This article provides an overview and discussion of the relative importance of various categories of significant influences and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge of and concern for the environment. A previous article in this journal (Palmer & Suggate, 1996) presents relevant findings deriving from the UK and analyses the ways in which the importance of influences may change through time or be affe…
An Overview of Significant Influences and Formative Experiences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in Nine Countries
This article, like the preceding one in this special issue of the journal, examines the relative importance of various categories of influence and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge of and concern for the environment. It provides an overview of data deriving from nine countries (Australia, Canada, Greece, Hong Kong, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, UK) and highlights global similarities a…
Influences and Experiences Affecting the Pro‐environmental Behaviour of Educators
This paper examines the relative importance of various categories of influence and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge and concern for the environment. The authors analyse the ways in which the importance of influences may change through time or be affected by the subject's age. Conclusions are drawn and discussed, including the crucial role of the family and of childhood experiences outdoors in pro…
Environmental Thinking in the Early Years
This paper provides an overview and discussion of a study of young children's knowledge and understanding of the management of waste materials. It describes a semi‐structured interview and discussion methodology used to ascertain details of children's knowledge and misconceptions about this key environmental issue. Interviews described are with 4 and 6‐year‐old children. The paper presents examples of data recording and analysis, and raises impor…
Saving the planet
Policy and Practice in Primary Education
Significant Life Experiences and Formative Influences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in the UK, Australia and Canada
Environmental educators in Australia (n = 82), and Canada (n = 48) wrote autobiographical statements describing the formative influences and significant life experiences (SLE) which led to their concern for the environment. Content analysis identified the influences/experiences mentioned most often, both as single factors, e.g. ‘close family’, and as groups of logically related factors, e.g. ‘people’, a group composed of the factors ‘close family…
An Overview of Significant Influences and Formative Experiences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in Nine Countries
This article, like the preceding one in this special issue of the journal, examines the relative importance of various categories of influence and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge of and concern for the environment. It provides an overview of data deriving from nine countries (Australia, Canada, Greece, Hong Kong, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, UK) and highlights global similarities a…
Environmental Thinking in the Early Years
This paper provides an overview and discussion of a study of young children's knowledge and understanding of the management of waste materials. It describes a semi‐structured interview and discussion methodology used to ascertain details of children's knowledge and misconceptions about this key environmental issue. Interviews described are with 4 and 6‐year‐old children. The paper presents examples of data recording and analysis, and raises impor…
Significant Influences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in the UK, Slovenia and Greece
This article provides an overview and discussion of the relative importance of various categories of significant influences and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge of and concern for the environment. A previous article in this journal (Palmer & Suggate, 1996) presents relevant findings deriving from the UK and analyses the ways in which the importance of influences may change through time or be affe…
Influences and Experiences Affecting the Pro‐environmental Behaviour of Educators
This paper examines the relative importance of various categories of influence and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge and concern for the environment. The authors analyse the ways in which the importance of influences may change through time or be affected by the subject's age. Conclusions are drawn and discussed, including the crucial role of the family and of childhood experiences outdoors in pro…
Rural Children's Views on Human Activities and Changes in a Greek Wetland
We studied the views of Greek children about their likes/dislikes regarding changes to a protected wetland as a result of human activities. We focused on two primary-sector (i.e., fishing, harvest) and two ecotourism (i.e., bird watching, boat tour) activities as these reflect the contrast between traditional land uses and newly established management regimes. We used photos as visual aids for conducting structured interviews with 200 children ag…
Saving the planet
The development of children’s understanding of distant places and environmental issues
The research reported here forms part of a major international study entitled Emergent Environmentalism. The overall purpose of the Emergent Environmentalism research is to investigate the acquisition and development of environmental knowledge, awareness and concern in both adults and young children. This report is of the results of one aspect of this study, namely the development of UK children’s ideas about certain distant places and environmen…
Policy and Practice in Primary Education
Saving the planet
Environmental Thinking in the Early Years
This paper provides an overview and discussion of a study of young children's knowledge and understanding of the management of waste materials. It describes a semi‐structured interview and discussion methodology used to ascertain details of children's knowledge and misconceptions about this key environmental issue. Interviews described are with 4 and 6‐year‐old children. The paper presents examples of data recording and analysis, and raises impor…
Influences and Experiences Affecting the Pro‐environmental Behaviour of Educators
This paper examines the relative importance of various categories of influence and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge and concern for the environment. The authors analyse the ways in which the importance of influences may change through time or be affected by the subject's age. Conclusions are drawn and discussed, including the crucial role of the family and of childhood experiences outdoors in pro…
Spirit of the Environment
Preface 1. Indian religious traditions, Puroshottama Bilimoria 2. Chinese religion and ecology, Martin Palmer 3. Religion and nature: the Abrahamic faiths' concepts of creation, His All-Holiness Bartolomeus and others 4. Pantheism, Stephen R.L Clark 5. The real, the one and the many in ecological thought, Freya Mathews 6. The recovery of wisdom: Gaia theory and environmental policy, Anne Primavesi 7. Nature and the environment in indigenous and t…
Significant Influences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in the UK, Slovenia and Greece
This article provides an overview and discussion of the relative importance of various categories of significant influences and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge of and concern for the environment. A previous article in this journal (Palmer & Suggate, 1996) presents relevant findings deriving from the UK and analyses the ways in which the importance of influences may change through time or be affe…
An Overview of Significant Influences and Formative Experiences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in Nine Countries
This article, like the preceding one in this special issue of the journal, examines the relative importance of various categories of influence and formative life experiences on the development of environmental educators’ knowledge of and concern for the environment. It provides an overview of data deriving from nine countries (Australia, Canada, Greece, Hong Kong, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, UK) and highlights global similarities a…
Significant Life Experiences and Formative Influences on the Development of Adults’ Environmental Awareness in the UK, Australia and Canada
Environmental educators in Australia (n = 82), and Canada (n = 48) wrote autobiographical statements describing the formative influences and significant life experiences (SLE) which led to their concern for the environment. Content analysis identified the influences/experiences mentioned most often, both as single factors, e.g. ‘close family’, and as groups of logically related factors, e.g. ‘people’, a group composed of the factors ‘close family…
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer, herself an important and prolific author on environmental matters, has assembled a team of thirty-five expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures – from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are: Philosophers such as Rousseau, Spinoza…
Education for sustainability
This article reports some of the findings of a recent comprehensive review of the education provision of The Wildlife Trusts UK, one of the UK's leading non-governmental organisations (NGOs) concerned with nature conservation. These findings are set within the context of current thinking on responsibility for education for sustainability. It examines some theoretical perspectives on the nature and role of NGOs, and highlights the critical importa…
Spirit of the Environment
The development of children’s understanding of distant places and environmental issues
The research reported here forms part of a major international study entitled Emergent Environmentalism. The overall purpose of the Emergent Environmentalism research is to investigate the acquisition and development of environmental knowledge, awareness and concern in both adults and young children. This report is of the results of one aspect of this study, namely the development of UK children’s ideas about certain distant places and environmen…
Rural Children's Views on Human Activities and Changes in a Greek Wetland
We studied the views of Greek children about their likes/dislikes regarding changes to a protected wetland as a result of human activities. We focused on two primary-sector (i.e., fishing, harvest) and two ecotourism (i.e., bird watching, boat tour) activities as these reflect the contrast between traditional land uses and newly established management regimes. We used photos as visual aids for conducting structured interviews with 200 children ag…
Sociology (9 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Environmental education (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Formative assessment (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (3 works)