Browsing by Subject "environmental education"
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Assessing young children's personal constructs of `nature' using a modified repertory grid test : a case study
(2014-03-10)This paper presents a method for assessing the personal construct systems of young children (ages 4 to 6) regarding the notion of 'nature,' conducted at a Montessori Casa in Toronto, Ontario. Images from the participants' ... -
Calling the circle : a personal journey to establish a collaborative professional community of environmental educators across four public school districts in British Columbia
(2021-05-05)This case study explores the conditions and motives that led to the formation of a local Chapter of environmental educators and documents the successes and challenges that occurred during the Chapter’s first year as the ... -
Changing lives, creating leaders : transformational environmental education
(2010-01-20)Since 2001, the Rivershed Society of British Columbia (RSBC) has facilitated the Sustainable Living and Leadership Program (SLLP). This study investigated the phenomenon of learning and personal change in former program ... -
Circles of learning : creating opportunity to give voice and bear witness to self, others, and nature in environmental education
(2013-03-21)By asking, “Is Circle (also known as “council”) an effective methodology for environmental education?”, this thesis explores the significance of creating Circles of learning as a communication process with implications ... -
Connectedness to nature : comparing rural and urban youths’ relationships with nature
(2010-02-09)Only a few decades ago, people spent considerably more time engaged in outdoor activities, fostering connections with the natural environment. Currently, many people regard themselves as separate from the natural world ... -
Environmental learning in British Columbia : a grounded theory exploration of teachers' practices
(2013-02-05)This study explored how British Columbia K-12 teachers incorporate environmental education (EE) into their teaching practice. Using a mixed method design with surveys and interviews, I applied grounded theory method to ... -
Fueling change? Exploring guilt in climate change communications
(2015-09-24)This study used a primarily qualitative, mixed methods approach to explore the use of guilt appeals in climate change communications. To ground the research, the study used a recent example of guilt in climate change ... -
Integrated instructional programming models for development of 21st century education core competencies
(2015-01-28)This study modified the Assessment & Teaching of 21st-century Skills<sup>TM</sup> Knowledge Building Analytic Framework survey to compare secondary-level integrated outdoor, experiential, and ecological ... -
Investigating economically driven middle-class parents' knowledge and considerations of forest school
(2014-02-18)With the general public becoming increasingly aware of research showing the benefits of connecting with, and spending time in, nature, interest in nature-based early childhood education has grown. I seek to understand how ... -
Learning to teach in unfamiliar lands : a wandering educator's autoethnography on the influence of place
(2018-02-20)Using reflexive narrative autoethnography, I explored the influence of living and teaching in unfamiliar places on ecologically-minded teachers. I collected data through personal reflections and interviews with four teachers ... -
Lights, camera, environmental action : messages in youth environmental videos
(2010-03-16)An Inconvenient Truth was a catalyst for change in the way many adults think about the environment. North American youth are perpetuating the dominant consumerist paradigm, and will need to change their attitudes and ... -
Nature buddies : students leading students in a nature inquiry
(2018-11-01)This case study explores how a weekly, interdisciplinary, school-based Nature Buddies program influences grade seven students’ ideas about leadership, kindergarten students’ response to place- based learning and teachers’ ... -
Professional learning communities and the integration of environmental education into teaching practice
(2015-02-11)This thesis project investigates the use of one elementary school's Professional Learning Community (PLC) as a means of increasing teachers' abilities and willingness to effectively integrate Environmental Education (EE) ... -
Seasonal nature discovery field trips : a platform for social learning between a non-profit organisation and local primary schools
(2018-01-23)Employing a social learning framework in a phenomenological inquiry, this study investigated the potential for environmental education (EE) in primary schools through a field trip-based program. Interviews and focus groups ... -
The role of built environment education programs in environmental education
(2020-07-22)Environmental education and urban environmental education programs seldom link or incorporate natural ecosystems with the built environment in a unified educational approach. The claim developed is that there are a number ... -
When nature speaks : evoking connectedness with nature in children through role-play in outdoor programming
(2013-01-09)Research was conducted to determine if role-play, when utilized within environmental education programs, could strengthen feelings of connection to nature in children. Six classes participated in the study through taking ...
