Browsing by Subject "Environmental Education"
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Cityscape : an exploratory study of visual approaches to learning through urban-outdoor
(2017-05-04)Over half of the world’s population lives in an urban environment. Visual approaches to learning in urban environments can offer interdisciplinary strategies for students to utilize the outdoor classroom to explore and ... -
Discovering the elements of success for outdoor education programs in public high schools
(2022-05-28)The study reported for this thesis sought to examine the design and process elements that are significant attributes for the successful implementation and sustained operation of programs of outdoor education (OE) in high ... -
Exploring the why : how expatriate teachers engage in environmental education
(2013-12-02)Expatriate teachers do not always have a strong connection to the place in which they are living (Richardson, von Kirchenheim & Richardson, 2006). How might this lack of connection affect how they teach environmental ... -
Having a laugh? the role of humour in adolescents’ climate change communication
(2018-03-27)This mixed methods study was guided by the research question: How does the use of humour in secondary students’ communications about climate change relate to their feelings and actions towards climate change? It used an ... -
Influences of place-based memories on parents who enrol their children in outdoor preschools
(2013-12-17)Developing positive relationships with nature through outdoor play and education may lead to increased environmental consciousness in adults. Building on past research showing the influence of early memories on adult ... -
Itaukei (Indigenous Fijian) oral narratives on climate change building adaptability and mitigation - a case study on University of the South Pacific students from the province of Nadroga, Viti Levu
(2016-10-26)Pacific Island societies, although highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate and other environmental changes, have managed to adapt and survive for thousands of years. Embedded in the cultures of Pacific communities is ... -
Not just something you put in a frying pan and give to your family : children's meaning making and salmon restoration
(2013-06-04)Research for this study built on the experience of salmon restoration by exploring the lived experience of children ages eight to 12 who participated in an eight-month salmon restoration education program, the Salmonid ... -
Reading the landscape for ecological restoration : a resource to develop students' site assessment practice
(2016-06-24)More trained ecological restoration (ER) practitioners are needed to offer tangible solutions to widespread problems of ecosystem degradation. I developed educational resources and activities to support students as they ... -
Searching for a "unicorn" : emotional dimensions of environmental educators
(2013-01-30)As more studies highlight the unconscious dynamics of environmental education it is important to understand how those dynamics impact the educators themselves so that we may better train educators and improve the efficacy ... -
Starting point : a community of practice for Canada's environmental education network leaders
(2014-02-26)A qualitative study using an action research methodology was conducted to observe what value a national community of practice (CoP) had for the resiliency of Canada's geographically dispersed, non-profit, environmental ... -
Teaching and learning in respectful reciprocity : an autoethnographical account of an educator’s apprenticeship to nature
(2021-08-26)As an environmental educator, I am interested in helping students learn from the natural world. In this phenomenological autoethnography, I outline some major lessons I learned from local nature while site-sitting, listening, ...
