Towards Excellence in Environmental Education a View from the United States

Simmons, Bora

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-4369-1_40

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“…Classrooms require learning materials that focus on locally relevant topics. Further, it is more interesting to students when classroom topics are presented in a local context as it helps to connect with their own priorities and values (Simmons, 2000). Wildlife studies are often relevant to northern residents as many people in Nunavut are active showcase their own traditional skills in the context of a research program and teach fellow students, instructors,…”

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How Wildlife Research Can Be Used to Promote Wider Community Participation in the North

McEwan¹,

Carpenter²,

Savard³

2013

ARCTIC

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“…Wildlife presents an instant and interesting conversation starter. Programs that reflect the use of local ecological and societal systems help to encourage a personal connection with the material being presented (Simmons, 2000).…”

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How Wildlife Research Can Be Used to Promote Wider Community Participation in the North

McEwan¹,

Carpenter²,

Savard³

2013

ARCTIC

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“…While overnight environmental science programs often cultivate a student's ecological awareness in addition to scientific application and knowledge gain (Simmons, 2000), schools can find it difficult to justify these experiences outside of the classroom due to the cost and, more importantly, the lack of quantifiable evidence of the impact on 5 student learning (Bartosh et al, 2006). Moreover, focus on closing the achievement gap and retention has gained attention and has shifted school district priorities to support programs that have documented positive impacts on student success indicators (Bartosh et al, 2006).…”

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“…As a result, many teachers seek learning experiences for students to have practical and meaningful application to students' lives (Samuel & Suh, 2012). Environmental and field-based programs that engage students in hands-on learning provide a deeper understanding of science concepts (Mabie & Baker, 1996;Simmons, 2000).…”

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The Effects of an Overnight Environmental Science Education Program on Students' Attendance Rate Change for Middle School Years

Basham¹

2000

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Programs that engage middle students in participatory, real-world, and hands-on field based instruction can be a powerful asset to the educational experiences for students; motivating and inspiring some to appreciate and value school in a different way. Overnight environmental science programs have a unique opportunity to support students by creating experiences where students can participate in learning in vastly different ways from what they may engage with in the traditional 4-walled classroom, while concurrently developing a relationship with the natural world. Decreasing educational budgets and increased need to substantiate educational programs in terms of their impact on students has added pressure for overnight environmental science programs to validate their impact through quantitative means. Utilizing overnight environmental science education program attendance records and merging them with school district data relating to attendance, this study investigates the impact of one such overnight environmental science program on students' attendance rate change. Analyzing the secondary data using multiple linear regressions modeling, researchers explored how the overnight environmental program impacted student attendance rate change and how it varied by demographic characteristics to understand if and how the program addresses school district and educational policy reform targets.

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“…Natural resources such as soil, water, air, minerals, forests, wild animals, etc, are natural heritage which influence indirectly and indirectly on human lives (Singh, 2013;Simmons, 2000). Humans rely on the environments as a basis for living and learning to improve and modify or create natural resources for accommodating their appropriate existence such as shelter, clothing and drugs.…”

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A development of participation of primary school students in conservation of school environments

Klongyut¹,

Singseewo²,

Suksringarm³

2015

Educ. Res. Rev.

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This study aimed to investigate and compare knowledge, attitudes and participating behaviors of students who participated in a training session. A training manual based on the participatory process was used. The sample consisted of 30 grade 5 students and 30 grade 6 students using a voluntary sampling technique. Research instruments included 1) a training manual for participation in environmental conservation, 2) a test on knowledge about environment, 3) scale on attitudes towards participation in environmental conservation, and 4) a questionnaire about participatory behaviors in environmental conservation. The major findings revealed that the developed training manual had an effectiveness index of 0.586. The students as a whole and as classified according to sex and grade level showed gains in knowledge, attitudes and behaviors before participating in the training session. The female students indicated more knowledge as a whole and in 3 aspects: garbage and sewage disposal, water conservation, and chemical usage than the male students. The grade 6 students evidenced more knowledge in the aspect of energy conservation than the grade 5 students. But these two groups of the students did not indicate attitudes and behaviors differently. Also, the statistical interactions of sex with grade level on knowledge and behaviors were found to be significant.

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Towards Excellence in Environmental Education a View from the United States

Cited by 10 publications

References 1 publication

How Wildlife Research Can Be Used to Promote Wider Community Participation in the North

How Wildlife Research Can Be Used to Promote Wider Community Participation in the North

The Effects of an Overnight Environmental Science Education Program on Students' Attendance Rate Change for Middle School Years

A development of participation of primary school students in conservation of school environments

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