مجله آموزش محیط زیست و توسعه پایدار
سال یکم شماره 2 (زمستان 1391)

This study examines the impact of environmental education based on the theory of MI, to reform the traditional teaching model. Selected samples contain two groups, tested samples and control samples are available. Based on the theory of multiple intelligences in Gardner's teaching groups of test and for control groups, the traditional method is used. Research findings indicate that multiple intelligences theory teaching method based on Gardner's attitude and interest students in correcting of misconception of student in regard to environmental education. Compared to traditional teaching methods is supremacy. Traditional approach to education, with the aim of transferring knowledge to students by speech witch is often based on verbal communication and logical – mathematical intelligence is done which are based on individual differences, learning the basic tools to understand each student's outcome. The results of this study and final conclusion indicated the use of MI method teaching entrance of environmental education is rather very necessary.

In this study, the effects of socio-demographic characteristics of the family on the students’ environmental ethics (children of the families) were assessed. The aim of the study was to gather and publish useful information about environmental factors especially education and culture as one of the most important issues of the population and country developments. In this descriptive study, all the high school students 1391-92 of Abhar, Zanjan were recruited. The population included 4467 persons, and based on the Morgan’s table, 360 persons were randomly selected using two-step cluster method. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire consisting two parts "socio-demographic characteristics of the family" and "environmental ethics of the students." Validity of the questionnaire was assessed by a group of consulting professors and specialists of environmental education, and the reliability was pretested among 30 students, and was finally approved with the Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.771. Analyzing the results of the questionnaires, none of the variables including: number of children, parental educations, parental occupations, real estate or rental houses, and being emigrants or citizens had a significant relationship with the level of environmental ethics of the students. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to the environmental educations in new plans for the population organizing of the country, particularly concerning the importance of environmental ethics in providing a better future, in addition to the effort of improving the socio-demographic characteristics of the society.

The increasing development of society, the meaning of participation to all areas of social life is extended. This is a field study that uses a Survey research plan. The community contributing statistics to this research includes members and managers of nongovernmental environmental organizations, and also authorities of the City of Mashhad. SPSS software has been used for data analysis, and these data were analyzed in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. It was concluded that these organizations are an important part of the national effort to protect the environment. In environmental education, and in order to achieve better usage of the abilities of nongovernmental organizations in order to elevate the teaching of the environment in the nation, it is necessary that evaluating the teaching of the environment is conducted with correct programming at the upper executive and legal levels.Keywords: Environmental Education, participation, Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Mashhad MetropolisKeywords: Environmental Education, participation, Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Mashhad Metropolis

The purpose of this study is investigating elementary school teacher's viewpoints towards the content of textbooks in environmental education in Tehran. For this purpose a crosssectional study is conducted. A 30 item questionnaire is made for measuring the variables. The data are analyzed using a one-sample t-test, multiple analysis and Kendal correlation coefficient. The obtained Median from the analysis of data was more than 2, indicating that enough attention has been paid to the main concepts and components (p Keywords: curriculum development, environmental education, elementary school