{"title":"Obstacles for school garden program success: Expert consensus to inform policy and practice","authors":"John M. Diaz, L. Warner, S. Webb, D. Barry","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2018.1450170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2018.1450170","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Perceptions of the potential of school gardens are changing given the pressing need to increase food security, environmental protection, livelihood security, and nutrition. Although school gardens programs appear positioned to become fixtures in educational institutions, there are still a number of impediments that need to be addressed to ensure their success in supplementing education. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a consensus-driven process to identify the central issues impeding the sustained success of school gardens. We outline practical, logistical, and institutional barriers that may assist in refining support of school gardens for sustained success.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"8 1","pages":"195 - 206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89544183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Key lessons learned by teaching ecotourism to undergraduate students in Bogotá's urban wetlands","authors":"F. Ramírez, Josefina Santana","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2018.1454359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2018.1454359","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Education is a key aspect for wetland conservation. Education-based research is urgently required in wetland ecosystems worldwide. International cooperation in research and sound ecotourism initiatives are key to promote wetland conservation on a global scale. In the current investigation, we explore key lessons that can be learned by teaching ecotourism in Santa María del Lago, Cordoba, and Guaymaral wetlands in Bogotá, Colombia. We focus on seven ecotourism-related components associated with environmental and educational aspects. We analyze these components and generate key lessons for teaching ecotourism in wetland ecosystems. These lessons can serve as an example for the creation of similar courses in other contexts.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"327 1","pages":"234 - 251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75067078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kimberly A. Yates, April Reefer, D. Robertson, Jennifer Hubbard-Sanchez, J. Huss, M. Wilder
{"title":"Educators’ perceptions of environmental education and professional development in teacher preparation programs","authors":"Kimberly A. Yates, April Reefer, D. Robertson, Jennifer Hubbard-Sanchez, J. Huss, M. Wilder","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2018.1451411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2018.1451411","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Kentucky University Partnership for Environmental Education collaborative assessed the need for environmental education (EE) in Kentucky. The research team conducted an initial survey and focus groups in order to develop a needs assessment survey. A total of 141 teachers and administrators completed the needs assessment. The results of the survey suggest that most teachers’ experiences in EE occurred post graduation; however, there is a strong level of agreement that EE is necessary and should be a part of teacher preparation programs. Increasing experiences for preservice teachers in EE could help to increase environmental literacy across the Commonwealth.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"31 1","pages":"207 - 218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87204695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evan Coulson, L. Park, Ben Lawhon, D. Taff, Wade M. Vagias, P. Newman
{"title":"Visitors’ attitudes and behavioral intentions toward Leave No Trace on a national forest","authors":"Evan Coulson, L. Park, Ben Lawhon, D. Taff, Wade M. Vagias, P. Newman","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1617804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1617804","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study examined variables hypothesized to influence behavioral intentions of visitors to frontcountry areas managed by the USDA Forest Service. Data were obtained over a stratified 12-month sampling period (n = 281). Analyses revealed that visitor attitudes toward perceived effectiveness of Leave No Trace practices and perceptions of difficulty of practice were statistically significant predictors of behavioral intentions. Forest Service managers may be successful in influencing visitors’ behavioral intentions by utilizing communication efforts that focus on the effectiveness of practices, the ease of practice, and the overall appropriateness of practicing Leave No Trace when visiting frontcountry areas.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"35 1","pages":"1 - 18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84010064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching about climate change through educative curriculum and professional development","authors":"C. Li, M. Monroe, Annie Oxarart, Tracey Ritchie","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1617806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1617806","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Professional development is vital to help teachers gain skills and knowledge to teach about current environmental and societal issues. For climate change education, educators may need information paired with content-specific teaching strategies in order to build confidence to incorporate the topic into their curriculum. We applied educative curriculum guidelines as well as efficacy strategies in the development of a secondary instructional resource. The objectives of the study were to understand and assess the changes in teacher efficacy regarding climate change through an innovative professional development model. The results provide evidence that, while generally climate change could be a challenging topic to educators to choose to teach about, professional development which specifically addresses self-efficacy and pedagogical content knowledge, provides many benefits for teachers, especially for those who do not have previous experience with teaching about climate change.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"16 1","pages":"34 - 48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80111851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Schneller, Laura M. Harrison, Juliana Adelman, S. Post
{"title":"Outcomes of art-based environmental education in the Hudson River Watershed","authors":"A. Schneller, Laura M. Harrison, Juliana Adelman, S. Post","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1617805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1617805","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This mixed methods case study research evaluates the outcomes of a place-based experiential environmental education curriculum that incorporated environmental art and muralism to teach fifth to sixth graders about the Hudson River Watershed, environmental issues, and ecosystem recovery. Students showed a statistically significant improvement at post-test for environmental knowledge. While environmental attitude scores for Preservation and Utilization increased, they showed no statistically significant improvement. Qualitative findings highlight environmental art as an effective component for student understanding. This research adds to the handful of empirical research that evaluates the outcomes of incorporating environmental art into a suite of place-based experiential education pedagogies.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"32 1","pages":"19 - 33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86958079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sifting through sand: Community news coverage of fractured sand mining","authors":"K. J. Zukas","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1611505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1611505","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This content analysis examines how journalists construct local news stories when the new issue of a fractured sand mine is proposed to a community. Results reveal that initially journalists opt for the use of thematic framing to more thoroughly explain the background and complexities of silica sand mines, as well as related issues such as environmental and economic impacts. Over time, however, episodic frames become more prevalent following mining routine event coverage. Overall, political and industry communications produced economic frames, which dominated coverage more than environmental frames, despite concerns by scientists and citizens about environmental impact.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"37 1 1","pages":"415 - 427"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81163336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of compulsory environmental education in higher learning: A study in the University of Delhi","authors":"Shristi Choudhary, A. Saha, N. Tiwary","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1605946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1605946","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The role of Environmental education is perceived as one that would generate awareness and provide opportunities to gain knowledge, attitudes and skills which are required to protect and improve the environment. This study examines the role of the newly introduced compulsory Environmental Science course in the undergraduate program in creating a change in the environmental behavior of the students, and the impact of variation in the discipline competency among teachers. The results of the present study reflect that the students with a science background have more interest, knowledge, participation, and contribution towards the environment as compared to students with a non-science background. Similar is the finding where teachers with and without formal training in Environmental Science have been surveyed.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"389 - 401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90275476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kate G. Burt, Marissa Burgermaster, Dina D’Alessandro, Rachel Paul, M. Stopler
{"title":"New York City fourth graders who receive a climate change curriculum with hydroponic gardening have higher science achievement scores","authors":"Kate G. Burt, Marissa Burgermaster, Dina D’Alessandro, Rachel Paul, M. Stopler","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1611504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1611504","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We compared 2014–15 New York State Science Assessment scores of fourth grade students who received the New York Sun Works (NYSW) Program (n = 638) with two comparison groups: students who received NYSW the following year (n = 993) and students attending matched schools (n = 1490). We first applied a multi-level regression model to compare scores between NYSW recipients and the first comparison group, which revealed non-significant but higher scores among NYSW recipients. We then compared the achievement scores of the NYSW recipients to both comparison groups using Welsch two sample t-tests. On average, NYSW recipients scored significantly higher than both the comparison groups (p < 0.001). Results suggest that further testing should explore the impact of climate change education on science achievement.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"31 1","pages":"402 - 414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88723428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strengthening their climate change literacy: A case study addressing the weaknesses in young people’s climate change awareness","authors":"Alina Kuthe, A. Körfgen, J. Stötter, Lars Keller","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1597661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1597661","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The project k.i.d.Z.21-Austria is aimed at raising climate change literacy among teenagers. As the participating teenagers had different weaknesses regarding climate change literacy before the project, the project evaluation places emphasis on how the project manages to compensate for these conditions by focusing on the specific weaknesses. Therefore, the preconditions were detected by means of a pre-survey (N = 392). Based thereon, a t-test for paired samples tested the teenagers’ development within the project. The results show that the weaknesses were mostly addressed and that focusing on a target group and weakness specification in evaluating environmental education can be beneficial.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"25 1","pages":"375 - 388"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77835894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}