Daphne Goldman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6553178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daphne Goldman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daphne |
| FAMILY NAME | Goldman |
| SIGNATURE | GOLDMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beit Berl College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0443-2276 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Children’s connection to nature
This study explores connection-to-nature (CtN) among primary-school children attending Forest School (FS) and conventional school settings amid growing concerns about nature disconnection in urbanized, technology-driven societies. As opportunities for engagement with nature decline, schools may play a critical role in providing exposure. This study explores whether children attending FS differ in their cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensi…
Reconceptualizing open schooling
‘Open schooling’ has become in recent years a burgeoning theme in the discourse on how to rethink education for the 21st century. This paper addresses a gap between calls for implementing an open schooling approach in policy papers and international reports and the scarcity of rigorous academic discourse on what open schooling theoretically means and practically entails in terms of school organization and curriculum. To this end, the paper presen…
An environmental and sustainability education center in Israel as a “street-level policy entrepreneur” for promoting teachers as change agents for sustainability
Contemporary society needs teachers who are motivated and equipped to function as social change-agents and policy entrepreneurs for sustainability, including education for sustainable consumption, which is targeted as one of the 2030 SD goals to transform consumption patterns and cultural attitudes and norms regarding consumerism. This case study explored: how an environmental and sustainability education center in the largest waste treatment fac…
Climate change education implementation
Climate change (CC) is the most significant global issue facing humanity, yet research addressing the perspectives of the key players influential in developing and implementing school-based climate change curricula at a cross-country national level is scarce. This study examined the perceptions of educators and educational leaders active in climate change education (CCE) in relation to: CC knowledge, representation in the curriculum, content and …
Assessing and comparing alternative certification programs
Alternative certification programs (ACPs) differ from traditional teacher certification programs in their target populations, duration, tools they employ, their pedagogy, and subject matter curricula. Given the acute shortage of excellent teachers, especially in STEM, significant efforts and resources are invested in ACPs so they prepare highly qualified teachers. Yet, novice teachers face difficulties during their initial integration into the sc…
A cross-country comparison of climate change in middle school science and geography curricula
The challenge of climate change means that school education is more important than ever in preparing young people for an uncertain future. The focus of this research is climate change education and its status in the compulsory middle school years (approximately years 7–10) across six countries (Australia, Israel, Finland, Indonesia, Canada and England). The authors investigated formal published national curriculum documents, specifically science …
“Looking garbage in the eyes”
Making people aware of the interconnections between personal consumerism and its environmental consequences is fundamental for motivating them to engage in more environmentally responsible consumption practices. This interpretive study, conducted in 2018, explored how transformative sustainability learning is implemented in waste education conducted at an environmental education center within the largest waste-treatment facility in Israel, and if…
Emancipatory or instrumental? Students’ and teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of the EcoSchool program
We present findings of a mixed method evaluation study of the EcoSchool program in the Czech Republic. The innovativeness of this study is its specific focus on implementation strategies rather than learning outcomes. Using data from 148 students and 65 teachers from 54 different schools involved in the program, we investigated perceptions about the nature of the implementation and the impact of the approach on students’ and teachers’ feelings of…
Characterizing the motives and environmental literacy of undergraduate and graduate students who elect environmental programs – a comparison between teaching-oriented and other students
One aspect of the increasing position of sustainability in higher education is establishment of distinct interdisciplinary environment-oriented programs. The point-of-departure of this study is differentiation between teaching- and non-teaching-oriented students, in view of their different respective professional roles in society. The motives and environmental literacy (EL) of incoming students were investigated in three types of sustainability p…
Environmental literacy of youth movement members – is environmentalism a component of their social activism
Youth-movements in Israel are non-formal organizations that educate for social and political involvement and provide a broad platform for youth involvement in the community. This study explored the question: does the social activism of adolescents who both elect for membership in youth movements and a leadership role of instructing younger members also reflect itself in environmentalism? Findings also show that environmental issues are not on the…
The repertory grid as a tool for evaluating the development of students’ ecological system thinking abilities
How do preservice teachers perceive ‘environment’ and its relevance to their area of teaching
The environment is not only an ecological entity distinct from people but a cultural, social, and political construct. Understanding how learners conceptualize ‘environment’ may contribute to more effective environmental education (EE). This study investigated, in a paired pre–post design, 215 students’ understandings of ‘environment’ and perceptions of its relevance to their teaching area, at the onset and toward the end of their studies in teac…
Environmental literacy of pre‐service teachers in Israel
The adequate preparation of teacher education students in environmental education is a prerequisite for their future ability to design and implement effective environmental education. This longitudinal study compared the environmental literacy of 214 students at the onset and towards the end of their studies, in three academic colleges of education in Israel. A questionnaire and a paired pre‐test–post‐test design were used to explore environmenta…
Quality of life among patients post-myocardial infarction at baseline in the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement (Save) trial
Molecular Cloning of Receptors for Acetylcholine
Emancipatory or instrumental? Students’ and teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of the EcoSchool program
We present findings of a mixed method evaluation study of the EcoSchool program in the Czech Republic. The innovativeness of this study is its specific focus on implementation strategies rather than learning outcomes. Using data from 148 students and 65 teachers from 54 different schools involved in the program, we investigated perceptions about the nature of the implementation and the impact of the approach on students’ and teachers’ feelings of…
Environmental literacy of pre‐service teachers in Israel
The adequate preparation of teacher education students in environmental education is a prerequisite for their future ability to design and implement effective environmental education. This longitudinal study compared the environmental literacy of 214 students at the onset and towards the end of their studies, in three academic colleges of education in Israel. A questionnaire and a paired pre‐test–post‐test design were used to explore environmenta…
Climate change education implementation
Climate change (CC) is the most significant global issue facing humanity, yet research addressing the perspectives of the key players influential in developing and implementing school-based climate change curricula at a cross-country national level is scarce. This study examined the perceptions of educators and educational leaders active in climate change education (CCE) in relation to: CC knowledge, representation in the curriculum, content and …
Characterizing the motives and environmental literacy of undergraduate and graduate students who elect environmental programs – a comparison between teaching-oriented and other students
One aspect of the increasing position of sustainability in higher education is establishment of distinct interdisciplinary environment-oriented programs. The point-of-departure of this study is differentiation between teaching- and non-teaching-oriented students, in view of their different respective professional roles in society. The motives and environmental literacy (EL) of incoming students were investigated in three types of sustainability p…
Environmental literacy of youth movement members – is environmentalism a component of their social activism
Youth-movements in Israel are non-formal organizations that educate for social and political involvement and provide a broad platform for youth involvement in the community. This study explored the question: does the social activism of adolescents who both elect for membership in youth movements and a leadership role of instructing younger members also reflect itself in environmentalism? Findings also show that environmental issues are not on the…
How do preservice teachers perceive ‘environment’ and its relevance to their area of teaching
The environment is not only an ecological entity distinct from people but a cultural, social, and political construct. Understanding how learners conceptualize ‘environment’ may contribute to more effective environmental education (EE). This study investigated, in a paired pre–post design, 215 students’ understandings of ‘environment’ and perceptions of its relevance to their teaching area, at the onset and toward the end of their studies in teac…
Molecular Cloning of Receptors for Acetylcholine
Quality of life among patients post-myocardial infarction at baseline in the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement (Save) trial
Environmental literacy of pre‐service teachers in Israel
The adequate preparation of teacher education students in environmental education is a prerequisite for their future ability to design and implement effective environmental education. This longitudinal study compared the environmental literacy of 214 students at the onset and towards the end of their studies, in three academic colleges of education in Israel. A questionnaire and a paired pre‐test–post‐test design were used to explore environmenta…
How do preservice teachers perceive ‘environment’ and its relevance to their area of teaching
The environment is not only an ecological entity distinct from people but a cultural, social, and political construct. Understanding how learners conceptualize ‘environment’ may contribute to more effective environmental education (EE). This study investigated, in a paired pre–post design, 215 students’ understandings of ‘environment’ and perceptions of its relevance to their teaching area, at the onset and toward the end of their studies in teac…
The repertory grid as a tool for evaluating the development of students’ ecological system thinking abilities
Environmental literacy of youth movement members – is environmentalism a component of their social activism
Youth-movements in Israel are non-formal organizations that educate for social and political involvement and provide a broad platform for youth involvement in the community. This study explored the question: does the social activism of adolescents who both elect for membership in youth movements and a leadership role of instructing younger members also reflect itself in environmentalism? Findings also show that environmental issues are not on the…
Characterizing the motives and environmental literacy of undergraduate and graduate students who elect environmental programs – a comparison between teaching-oriented and other students
One aspect of the increasing position of sustainability in higher education is establishment of distinct interdisciplinary environment-oriented programs. The point-of-departure of this study is differentiation between teaching- and non-teaching-oriented students, in view of their different respective professional roles in society. The motives and environmental literacy (EL) of incoming students were investigated in three types of sustainability p…
Emancipatory or instrumental? Students’ and teachers’ perceptions of the implementation of the EcoSchool program
We present findings of a mixed method evaluation study of the EcoSchool program in the Czech Republic. The innovativeness of this study is its specific focus on implementation strategies rather than learning outcomes. Using data from 148 students and 65 teachers from 54 different schools involved in the program, we investigated perceptions about the nature of the implementation and the impact of the approach on students’ and teachers’ feelings of…
“Looking garbage in the eyes”
Making people aware of the interconnections between personal consumerism and its environmental consequences is fundamental for motivating them to engage in more environmentally responsible consumption practices. This interpretive study, conducted in 2018, explored how transformative sustainability learning is implemented in waste education conducted at an environmental education center within the largest waste-treatment facility in Israel, and if…
A cross-country comparison of climate change in middle school science and geography curricula
The challenge of climate change means that school education is more important than ever in preparing young people for an uncertain future. The focus of this research is climate change education and its status in the compulsory middle school years (approximately years 7–10) across six countries (Australia, Israel, Finland, Indonesia, Canada and England). The authors investigated formal published national curriculum documents, specifically science …
Assessing and comparing alternative certification programs
Alternative certification programs (ACPs) differ from traditional teacher certification programs in their target populations, duration, tools they employ, their pedagogy, and subject matter curricula. Given the acute shortage of excellent teachers, especially in STEM, significant efforts and resources are invested in ACPs so they prepare highly qualified teachers. Yet, novice teachers face difficulties during their initial integration into the sc…
An environmental and sustainability education center in Israel as a “street-level policy entrepreneur” for promoting teachers as change agents for sustainability
Contemporary society needs teachers who are motivated and equipped to function as social change-agents and policy entrepreneurs for sustainability, including education for sustainable consumption, which is targeted as one of the 2030 SD goals to transform consumption patterns and cultural attitudes and norms regarding consumerism. This case study explored: how an environmental and sustainability education center in the largest waste treatment fac…
Climate change education implementation
Climate change (CC) is the most significant global issue facing humanity, yet research addressing the perspectives of the key players influential in developing and implementing school-based climate change curricula at a cross-country national level is scarce. This study examined the perceptions of educators and educational leaders active in climate change education (CCE) in relation to: CC knowledge, representation in the curriculum, content and …
Reconceptualizing open schooling
‘Open schooling’ has become in recent years a burgeoning theme in the discourse on how to rethink education for the 21st century. This paper addresses a gap between calls for implementing an open schooling approach in policy papers and international reports and the scarcity of rigorous academic discourse on what open schooling theoretically means and practically entails in terms of school organization and curriculum. To this end, the paper presen…
Children’s connection to nature
This study explores connection-to-nature (CtN) among primary-school children attending Forest School (FS) and conventional school settings amid growing concerns about nature disconnection in urbanized, technology-driven societies. As opportunities for engagement with nature decline, schools may play a critical role in providing exposure. This study explores whether children attending FS differ in their cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensi…
Environmental Education and Sustainability (11 works) · Pedagogy (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Mathematics education (8 works) · Environmental education (7 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Medical education (4 works)