Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index.
Contents:
Free-choice learning and the environment / Joe E. Heimlich and John H. Falk
Who is the free-choice environmental education learner? / John H. Falk and Joe E. Heimlich
Fostering empathy with wildlife : factors affecting free-choice learning for conservation concern and behavior / Olin E. Myers Jr., Carol D. Saunders, and Sarah M. Bexell
Behavior change theories and free-choice environmental learning / Nicole Ardoin
From mission to practice / Tim Merriman and Lisa Brochu
Tools of engagement : how education and other social strategies can engage people in conservation action / Judy Braus
How can participatory action research inform free-choice learning pedagogy and research in environmental education contexts? / Michael Brody
Environmental literacy through the lens of aquarium ocean literacy efforts / Jerry R. Schubel ... [et al.]
Free-choice environmental learning in practice : research to inform environmental education practice / Elaine Andrews
Future directions for research in free-choice environmental learning / Roy Ballantyne and Jan Packer
The federal government and free-choice learning / Janet Ady and Ginger Potter.