International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Editors: A/Prof John Lidstone, Queensland University of Technology and Prof Joseph P. Stoltman, Western Michigan University
Book Review Editor: Dr Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A & M University
Editorial Assistant: Donna Bennett, Australia
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Volume: 7 Number: 2 Page: 90–105
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Learning to Teach Environmental Issues
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Graham Corney
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This paper describes some aspects of a qualitative research study into the thinking and practice of student geography teachers in the teaching of environmental issues. The study links the areas of geographical
and environmental education with teacher education and thus provides an example of research in an area of environmental education regarded as 'the priority of priorities' (UNESCO-UNEP, 1990). It begins
with a description of the conceptual framework underpinning the study and moves to a summary of the research questions and design. It then presents examples of data which have been collected, with a commentary
suggesting how at an early stage of analysis, tentative findings are emerging which may be confirmed or rejected as analysis proceeds. Articles about research are often written when data analysis has been
completed, and concentrate on the findings of a study and their significance. This paper represents an intermediate stage in the process of research, representing the initial thinking which guided data
collection,illustrating examples of the data collected, and providing a short commentary before the main stage of data analysis and interpretation is undertaken.
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