Ecology Education

Four-Dimensional Ecology Education Framework (4DEE) The 4DEE framework describes a set of concepts and practices central to undergraduate ecology in any disciplinary context. The framework was endorsed by the ESA Governing Board in 2018. It seeks to: Transforming Ecology Education to 4D (TEE) Transforming Ecology Education to 4D (TEE) is a Research Coordination Network (RCN) for undergraduate biology education funded by…

Explore ESA’s Undergraduate Teaching Resources, from the EcoEd Digital Library to curricular frameworks and innovative teaching journals.
We are actively accepting contributions and invite you to review our Author Submission Guidelines. You’ll also find links to Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE), the Ecology Learning Framework for Course Source articles, online teaching support, and other initiatives advancing ecological literacy.

From Water Cooler Chats launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to the Life Discovery – Doing Science Biology Education Conference, ESA provides opportunities for members to exchange ideas, teaching strategies, and resources. Annual initiatives such as the Resources for Ecology Education – Fair and Share (REEFS) workshop at the ESA Annual Meeting highlight innovative approaches to ecology education and community building.

The ESA Committee on Education guides the Society’s efforts in advancing ecology education. The ESA Education Listserv provides a venue for subscribers to discuss emerging issues in ecology, environmental science, and science education. The ESA Education Section includes around 400 ecologists, educators, managers, and administrators engaged in teacher preparation, community outreach, and scholarly research in ecology education.

We understand and would like to make things a little easier for you. In response to the mounting pressure for faculty to switch to online teaching within a very short time, we have compiled some resources that have come to our attention. This is not an exhaustive list but is  an attempt to help point you in the right direction….

Research Coordination Network Incubator – Undergraduate Biology Education The Next Generation Careers initiative aims to forge connections between academic faculty and administrators, the private sector, government, non-governmental organizations and professional societies interested in environmental biology. This initiative was started as an incubator project funded by the National Science Foundation in the Undergraduate Biology Education track of the Research Coordination Network program (RCN-UBE) in 2015; Award…

Resources for Ecology Education – Fair and Share (REEFS) is an annual interactive workshop held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. Since 2008, it has been organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the ESA Education Section. See below for more information. This workshop is FREE with ESA annual meeting registration.

EXPLORING ECOLOGICAL CAREERS These are a set of articles published in ESA’s Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Journal. We’re still looking for articles about ecological/environmental entrepreneurship, education, ecotourism, and science communication, and are open to hearing about other nontraditional ecological career paths outside of academia. All articles in the series are free to read. See the list below for what’s been…