• Prospective
    Students
  • Current
    Students
  • Alumni
  • Research
  • News &
    Events
  • About Royal
    Roads
Main menu
  • Prospective Students
  • Current Students
  • Alumni
  • Research
  • News & Events
  • About Royal Roads
 
    • Admin Login
    View Item 
    •   VIURRSpace Home
    • RRU
    • Student Research Collection
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • View Item
    •   VIURRSpace Home
    • RRU
    • Student Research Collection
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Forming preschoolers' environmental attitude : lasting effects of early childhood environmental education

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Robertson, Jim.pdf (686.9Kb)
    Date
    2009-05-23
    Author
    Robertson, James S.
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Subject
    environmental science; early childhood education
    Abstract
    Since 1987, the Kerry Wood Nature Centre has run a nature preschool for three-five old children. This study shows the affect it had on the environmental attitudes of former participants, who were 10-12 years old at the time of this study. Interviews and questionnaires with former participants, their families, and a control group investigated: (1) their current environmental attitude and behaviours; and (2) from whence these attitudes and behaviours arose. Past participants had a significantly greater connectedness-to-nature score than their peers did, even several years after leaving the program. The Nature Nursery program, along with other factors, made a measurable and persistent change in the attitude of these children. "Opportunity" in terms of location, parenting, companionship, and time emerged as being important in determining attitude. Children and parents overwhelmingly reported better feelings and behaviour after playing outside. Recommendations to improve early childhood environmental education programs are included.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10170/58
    Collections
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • MA Environmental Education and Communication Theses

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Thumbnail

      The impact of knowledge transfer in early childhood education and international business management : a case study of the transition of a model of early childhood programming from a Canadian kindergarten to a Chinese based subsidiary 

      Furukawa, Liton (2020-06-26)
      This research explores the challenges and opportunities involved in the transition of a model of early childhood programming from a Canadian kindergarten to a Chinese based subsidiary including curriculum tensions and ...
    • Thumbnail

      Creating Accessible Early Childhood Support: Voice of the Early Childhood Professionals 

      Roulston, Charlene (Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 11/19/2012)
      The goal of this research is to explore what early childhood professionals believe is needed to provide quality, accessible support in an early childhood setting for young children with exceptionalities. Early childhood ...
    • Thumbnail

      The Cowichan Tribes early childhood education child and youth care career ladder project 

      Malaspina University-College (Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1994)
      The Cowichan Tribes ECE/CYC Career Ladder represents a successful amalgamation of two cultures and two value systems. The Career Ladder combines the credentials, education and respect that come from a university-recognized, ...

    Browse

    All of VIURRSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Admin LoginRegister
    back to top  
    Royal Roads University
    Our Location
    2005 Sooke Road
    Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2
    Canada
    •   Campus Map
    Get in Touch
    •   Phone: 250.391.2511
    •   Toll-free: 1.800.788.8028
    •   Email Us
    •   Directories
    @RoyalRoadsRRU FacebookRRU LinkedInRRU YouTubeRRU Pinterest
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback
    • Website Feedback
    • Privacy Policy
    • Academic Regulations
    • Copyright
    • Sitemap
    • ©2017 Royal Roads University
     
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV