Energy, Environment and Resources Center ~ Center for Geography and Environmental Education

Rosalyn McKeown

Rosalyn McKeown
Director
Center for Geography and Environmental Education

311 Conference Center Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4134
Phone: 865-974-4251
Fax: 865-974-1838
mckeowni@utk.edu

Ph.D. and M.A., Geography, University of Oregon.
A.B., Geography, University of California, Los Angeles.

Dr. McKeown’s interests focus on the role of education in a more sustainable future and on assessing the environmental literacy of undergraduate students. As part of her assessment efforts, Dr. McKeown has developed and validated frameworks for teaching environmental
issues and the socio-political-cultural foundation of environmental education. She has also directed curriculum development efforts in water and solid waste management education.

Dr. McKeown is Secretariat for the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair on Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability and the United Nations University Chair on Education for Sustainable Development and Co-Director for the Tennessee Solid Waste Education Project. She is author of the popular Education for Sustainable Development
Toolkit Web site.

Dr. McKeown is a member of the North American Association for Environmental Education and former secretary for the organization. She is also a member of and former President of the Tennessee Environmental Education Association. She is a member of the National Council for Geographic Education.

Selected Publications

McKeown, Rosalyn. 2003. "Working with K - 12 Schools: Insights for Scientists." BioScience. Vol. 53, p 870 - 875.

McKeown, Rosalyn. 2003. "Education Policy and Gender Issues: A Sustainability Perspective." Encyclopedia of Earth Life Support Systems. Paris: UNESCO.

McKeown, Rosalyn and Charles A. Hopkins. 2003. "EE ESD: Diffusing the Worry." Environmental Education Research. Vol. 9 no. 1. p 117 – 128.

McKeown, Rosalyn and Charles Hopkins. 2002. "Weaving Sustainability into Pre-Service Teacher Education." in Teaching Sustainability at Universities: Toward Greening the Curriculum, edited by Walter Leal Fihlo. Germany: Lange Scientific.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice,, "Environmental Education in the United States: A Survey of Pre-service Teacher Education Programs," in Journal of Environmental Education 32 (1), 2000.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice, and Roger Dendinger, "Socio-Political-Cultural Foundations of Environmental Education," Journal of Environmental Education 31, (4), 2000.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice,, Education for Sustainable Development Tool Kit, Waste Management Research and Education Institute, University of Tennessee, 2000. Also available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.esdtoolkit.org

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice,, "Environmental Literacy," Tennessee Conservationist, 65(2), March/April 1999.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice,, "Assessment in Geography: 1997 and Beyond," First Assessment: Research in Geographic Education,, eds. R.G. Boehm and J.F. Peterson (San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State UP, 1997).

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice,, "Environmental Education: A Geographical Perspective," Journal of Geography, 93(1), 1994.

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice,, "Rostov Region, Russia - Tennessee Valley, USA Partnership in Training in Environmental Education and Management," International Research in Geography and Environmental Education 3, August 1994.





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