Regional Collaboration for Sustainability via Place-Based Ecology Education: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of the Upper Valley Teaching Place Collaborative

Abstract

Place-based Ecology Education (PBEE) has emerged as a compelling approach to achieving the sustainability goals of Environmental Education (EE), including helping children understand, care about, and take action to protect the environment. Collaboration for teacher training can amplify and expand the reach and effectiveness of PBEE within a given geographic region. This case study of a collaborative of five PBEE professional development organizations provided a noteworthy example of collective evaluation. The primary data source was quantitative and qualitative analysis of 156 survey responses from K-12 classroom teachers, administered from 2016 to 2018 in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont. On average, teachers reported medium-sized (Cohen’s d 0.4 to 0.6), statistically significant changes over the prior year for all six PBEE core practices measured. Teacher responses to open-ended survey items suggested that PBEE often involves coordination between and contribution from multiple players with different roles but similar goals. Cross tabulation with quantitative results suggested that collaboration within schools was a central factor associated with high levels of PBEE practice.

Η Διδασκαλία Των Φυσικών Επιστημών Στην Προσχολική Εκπαίδευση Μέσω Της Εκπαίδευσης Βασισμένη Στον Τόπο

“…Σχετικά με την σύνδεση της Εκπαίδευση βασισμένη στο τόπο και της Περιβαλλοντικής Εκπαίδευσης, ο Duffin (2006) Στην παρούσα εργασία υιοθετήθηκε η άποψη του Sobel (2008), εστιάζοντας στο γεγονός ότι, μέσα από την Περιβαλλοντική Εκπαίδευση, οι εκπαιδευτικοί μπορούν να αξιοποιήσουν τα βιοφυσικά χαρακτηριστικά του άμεσου τοπικού περιβάλλοντος των μαθητών τους (π.χ. στο προαύλιο του σχολείου τους) ώστε να διδάξουν βασικές έννοιες των Φυσικών Επιστημών και να καλλιεργήσουν θετικές στάσεις προς το περιβάλλον με στόχο την προστασία του.…”

Millennial Lecturer in Higher Education: The Effect of Knowledge Clusters, Performance and Learning Satisfaction on Learning Outcomes

“…Cross tabulations of dosage clusters and Stage of Change response categories with themes from the open-ended survey items provided a finer-grained look into the question of what factors were associated with the highest levels of PBEE teacher practice change [7]. Crosstab analysis is a descriptive analysis used to determine the relationship between two variables.…”

Typology Of Environmental Awareness In The Context Of Quality Of Life

“…According to the foreign scholars, in order to increase the efficiency of environmental education, it is necessary to establish effective interaction between educational institutions of the regions (Duffin & Perry, 2018). Thus, the analysis of scientific works proves the need to explore the relevance of studying the concept of environmental awareness and its relation to indicators of quality of life.…”