Outdoor Environmental Education in the Contemporary World

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.

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.