The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between using experience of environmental education facilities and attitude toward environmental education in parents who have elementary students in Seattle, U.S. The findings of this study represented that elementary parents have a great understanding about the importance of environmental education. Parents have a strong agreement with the necessity of environmental education in childhood. This research also found the differences between grades and facilities for environmental education in expected effect on environmental education and desirable fields of environmental education. The awareness of the importance of environmental education increased according to frequency in using environmental education facilities. In addition, the more the experiences of using various environmental education facilities, such as museum of natural history, science museum, arboretum, and aquarium expanded, the more educational effects positively increased over time.

Abstract
 1. 서 론
 2. 자료 및 방법
  2.1. 연구대상 및 자료수집 절차
  2.2. 설문도구 및 분석방법
 3. 결과 및 고찰
  3.1. 학년별 학부모의 환경 교육에 대한 의식
  3.2. 시설 이용 경험과 환경 교육 의식의 관련성
 4. 결 론
 참 고 문 헌

• 김범수(건국대학교 산림과학과) | Bum-Soo Kim (Faculty of Forest Science, Konkuk University)
• 이숙정(숙명여자대학교 교육학부) | Sook-Jeong Lee (Division of Education, Sookmyung Women's University) Corresponding Author