Evaluation of a Place-Based Environmental Education Program: From There to Here

Autor/inn/en	Cincera, Jan; Johnson, Bruce; Kovacikova, Silvia
Titel	Evaluation of a Place-Based Environmental Education Program: From There to Here
Quelle	In: Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 14 (2015) 3, S.178-186 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-015X
DOI	10.1080/1533015X.2015.1067580
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Place Based Education; Middle School Students; Mixed Methods Research; Pretests Posttests; Interviews; Observation; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Heritage Education; Educational Practices; Program Descriptions; Student Experience; Teaching Experience; Environmental Interpretation; Attachment Behavior; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Focus Groups; Czech Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Bildungspraxis; Studienerfahrung; Umweltzentrum; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Fragebogen; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	The article introduces a Czech environmental education middle school program focused on helping students develop place attachment to their community and on increasing their interest in natural area in their region. The evaluation applied a mixed approach combining pretesting/posttesting of the students (N = 158), two group interviews with selected students (N = 16), an interview with teachers (N = 2), field observations, and ongoing interviews with the main program leader. Although the evaluation did not find an effect of the program on the attractiveness of the natural area, the program appeared to increase community place attachment of the participants to their own community. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01