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The Mission of the Center for Environmental Education is to achieve excellence in environmental education training, experience, and research for pre-service, in-service, and graduate level environmental education. This will be accomplished through collaboration between UMD departments, local, state, and federal agencies and organizations in order to advance the field of environmental education.

Objectives:

Graduate studies

Graduate opportunities will be coordinated through CEED to provide the academic background and experiences necessary to be effective environmental educators in non-formal and formal educational settings. As part of these efforts, CEED will conduct research to investigate effective teaching and learning in environmental education.

Pre-service training

CEED will work with departments and programs in developing awareness, knowledge, and skills of environmental education for undergraduate students who will be working in non-formal and formal education settings.

Research

Research will be conducted to investigate environmental education teaching and learning to promote the development of research based curricula in environmental education.

In-service training

CEED will coordinate and offer workshops and courses to practicing educators in both non-formal and formal education settings which help to expand awareness, knowledge, and skills in environmental education.

Regional Resource Center

CEED will serve as a regional resource in environmental education literature reviews, current research, curricula, and professional activities to promote effective application of environmental education.