Trends in environmental education: A systematic review

Abstract

The aim of this study is to review trends in environmental education studies in the electronic database. Moreover, journals published in the electronic database were searched using the same keyword. 28 studies trends in environmental education context were analyzed by means of standards obtained from the related literature. A qualitative thematic review was used in this study. All articles were downloaded and read by the researchers. Each researcher studied together to determine themes. The themes were decided as attitudes toward environmental awareness and education, relation between environmental education and other variables, effectiveness of environmental education and review studies. Results reviewed in terms of trends in environmental education studies. Some implications of these results were proposed for determining and developing trends in environmental education studies