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What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL

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Gibson, LM; Busch, KC; Stevenson, KT; Cutts, BB; DeMattia, EA; Aguilar, OM; Ardoin, NM; Carrier, SJ; Clark, CR; Cooper, CB; Feinstein, NW ...
Published in: Environmental Education Research
January 1, 2022

Environmental education research often emphasizes the importance of community context, but conceptualization and measurement of environmental literacy has mostly occurred at the individual level, often focusing on individual behaviors. The environmental problems facing the world today require collective action—communities coming together to address large-scale problems. Accordingly, understanding and encouraging collective action requires a shift in focus from individual to community-level environmental literacy (CLEL). Despite its importance, CLEL has been left largely undefined and unmentioned in environmental education literature. To understand the field’s current conceptualizations and measurement strategies around CLEL, the authors held a convening of 24 researchers to discuss the topic. Here, we report the findings of this convening and present a series of tensions that emerged in conceptualizing and measuring CLEL. We see this area of research as rich with opportunity for innovation and offer considerations for researchers engaging in this work.

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Environmental Education Research

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1469-5871

ISSN

1350-4622

Publication Date

January 1, 2022

Volume

28

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1423 / 1451

Related Subject Headings

  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
  • 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management
 

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Gibson, L. M., Busch, K. C., Stevenson, K. T., Cutts, B. B., DeMattia, E. A., Aguilar, O. M., … Wheaton, M. (2022). What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL. Environmental Education Research, 28(10), 1423–1451. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2067325
Gibson, L. M., K. C. Busch, K. T. Stevenson, B. B. Cutts, E. A. DeMattia, O. M. Aguilar, N. M. Ardoin, et al. “What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL.” Environmental Education Research 28, no. 10 (January 1, 2022): 1423–51. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2067325.
Gibson LM, Busch KC, Stevenson KT, Cutts BB, DeMattia EA, Aguilar OM, et al. What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL. Environmental Education Research. 2022 Jan 1;28(10):1423–51.
Gibson, L. M., et al. “What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL.” Environmental Education Research, vol. 28, no. 10, Jan. 2022, pp. 1423–51. Scopus, doi:10.1080/13504622.2022.2067325.
Gibson LM, Busch KC, Stevenson KT, Cutts BB, DeMattia EA, Aguilar OM, Ardoin NM, Carrier SJ, Clark CR, Cooper CB, Feinstein NW, Goodwin J, Peterson MN, Wheaton M. What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL. Environmental Education Research. 2022 Jan 1;28(10):1423–1451.

Published In

Environmental Education Research

DOI

EISSN

1469-5871

ISSN

1350-4622

Publication Date

January 1, 2022

Volume

28

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1423 / 1451

Related Subject Headings

  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
  • 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
  • 0502 Environmental Science and Management