Outdoor Environmental Education in the Contemporary World

這本編輯過的專書探討了戶外環境教育在當代社會中的角色。它確定了這個教育領域的一些機遇和挑戰，特別是在當代社會日益數位化和人與自然之間的疏離之中。此外，它試圖回答為什麼戶外環境教育對於培養學生的環境公民能力或發展他們與自然的關係至關重要。該書還介紹了該領域中存在的各種方法，討論了它們的相關性並突出了它們的獨特特點。

該書以北美、歐洲和亞洲的選定國家中戶外環境教育的實踐概況作為結尾。

Jan Činčera is an associate professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. He focuses on instructional strategies that help achieve the goals of environmental education. He has authored more than twenty studies published in international journals, composed the Czech national guidelines for evaluation of environmental education programs, and published several books on environmental education and interpretation.

Daphne Goldman is an associate professor and former chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Agriculture, Faculty of Education, Beit Berl College, Israel. Her research focuses on pedagogical approaches for developing environmentally literate citizens. She has authored over thirty studies published in prominent international journals. She is the joint founder of the national conference for environmental education and has advanced environmental education for sustainability at hercollege.

Iris Alkaher is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Science at Kibbutzim College of Education, a former coordinator of the Master of Education program in environmental education, and a researcher in the college's Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education. Her main research focuses on eco-humanism as an approach and practice, education for sustainability in diverse multicultural settings, and innovative approaches and pedagogies in science and environmental education.

Bruce Johnson is a professor of environmental learning and the Dean Emeritus of the College of Education at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on ecological concepts and environmental values/attitudes and actions. As the International Program and Research Coordinator for the Institute for Earth Education, he oversees earth education programs and leads sessions on earth education around the world.

Michal Medek is a senior lecturer of environmental education and he has been with the faculty since 2005. His research focuses on environmental interpretation and inquiry-based environmental education. As the founder of two residential environmental education centers, Michal has been connecting academia with the in-field environmental education program development and training of environmental education centers' staff. He is also the director of the Czech Institute for Heritage Interpretation.

Jan Činčera是捷克布爾諾市馬薩里克大學社會學院環境研究系的副教授。他專注於教學策略，以實現環境教育的目標。他已在國際期刊上發表了二十多篇研究論文，撰寫了捷克國家環境教育計劃評估指南，並出版了幾本關於環境教育和解釋的書籍。

Daphne Goldman是以色列貝特貝爾學院教育學院環境科學與農業系的副教授和前系主任。她的研究專注於培養具有環境素養的公民的教學方法。她已在知名國際期刊上發表了三十多篇研究論文。她是國家環境教育研討會的聯合創辦人，並在她的學院推動了可持續發展的環境教育。

Iris Alkaher是以色列基布茨學院教育學院科學系的高級講師，曾擔任環境教育碩士課程的協調員，並在該學院的環境與可持續發展教育中心擔任研究員。她的主要研究方向包括生態人文主義作為一種方法和實踐、多元文化環境中的可持續發展教育，以及科學和環境教育的創新方法和教學法。

Bruce Johnson是亞利桑那大學教育學院的環境學習教授和榮譽院長。他的研究專注於生態概念和環境價值觀/態度和行動。作為地球教育研究所的國際計劃和研究協調員，他監督地球教育計劃並在世界各地主持地球教育課程。

Michal Medek是環境教育的高級講師，自2005年以來一直在該學院任職。他的研究專注於環境解釋和基於探究的環境教育。作為兩個住宿式環境教育中心的創辦人，Michal將學術界與實地環境教育計劃開發和培訓環境教育中心的工作人員相結合。他還是捷克遺產解釋研究所的所長。