Dataset for: Who Are the Children That Environmental Education Targets? Mapping Geographic and Conceptual Boundaries in More-than-Human Environmental Education

Description

This dataset contains the coding framework and extracted data for a systematic review examining representations of childhood and multispecies relationships in environmental education literature. The dataset includes 113 peer-reviewed articles (2009-2025) coded across four dimensions: geographic and demographic patterns, methodological approaches, conceptual framings, and rhetorical strategies. The Excel file includes 26 columns. This dataset accompanies the article: Who Are the Children That Environmental Education Targets? Mapping Geographic and Conceptual Boundaries in More-than-Human Environmental Education Research

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I examined 113 peer-reviewed articles which are based on empirical research with children in relation to more than human within environmental education contexts published between 2009 and 2025. Systematic searches were conducted across four databases: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar. Nine search term combinations were employed in each database to capture diverse terminological approaches: "multispecies" AND "environmental education" AND "children","more-than-human" AND "environmental education" AND "children","posthuman" AND "environmental education" AND "children","human-animal" AND "environmental education" AND "children","multispecies" AND "education" AND "children","more than human" AND "environmental education" AND "children","posthumanist" AND "environmental education" AND "children","interspecies" AND "environmental education" AND "children", "nonhuman" AND "environmental education" AND "children". Searches were limited to peer-reviewed journal articles in English. Each search was documented with database-specific identifiers (e.g., ERIC-S1, WoS-S2, Scopus-S3, Google Scolar-G1) to track retrieval patterns.

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• University of Oulu

  North Ostrobothnia, Oulu

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