Environmental Education in Small Business: The Owner-Manager's Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Redmond, Janice; Walker, Elizabeth
Titel	Environmental Education in Small Business: The Owner-Manager's Perspective
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 25 (2009), S.117-128 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Small Businesses; Administrator Attitudes; Administrator Role; Language Usage; Program Development; Teaching Methods; Surveys; Environmental Standards; Knowledge Level; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Kleingewerbe; Sprachgebrauch; Programmplanung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Umweltauflage; Wissensbasis; Australien
Abstract	Traditionally, environmental education has been aimed at the community or in primary schools and governmental pressure to reduce environmental damage has focussed on large businesses. More recently, the role and importance of small business and how to engage them in the environmental debate has come under scrutiny. Researchers have identified education as one method of increasing the understanding of small business owner-managers' role and knowledge of practices that, when implemented, will reduce the negative impacts of their businesses. However, there is little attention given in the literature to the perspective of the small business owner-manager and environmental education. This research was conducted to begin to address this gap. Research results confirm that there is limited environmental education for small businesses and that there is a disconnect in meeting the needs of such a disparate group. Six elements were identified by the small business owner-managers in the design of environmental education for them: use of plain language, provision of best practice examples, industry specific information, solutions for immediate improvement, practical content and use of trusted sources to deliver the program. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for Environmental Education, Inc. P.O. Box 560, Bellingen, NSW 2454, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6655-1865; Fax: +61-2-6655-1596; e-mail: admin@aaee.org.au; Web site: http://www.aaee.org.au/publications/ajee.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10