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The status of environmental education in elementary teacher education programs in Pennsylvania was previously unknown. This study was undertaken to survey all of the preservice elementary teacher education institutions in the state using a mailed questionnaire. The response rate was approximately 57%. The results indicate that the inclusion of environmental education and Pennsylvania's recently mandated environment and ecology standards were inconsistent, and not well institutionalized within the institutions preparing elementary teachers. This report addresses only a portion of the findings from the survey.
Thomas M. Mastrilli (Fri,) studied this question.