{"title":"Designing a tool for evaluating programs for environmental education","authors":"K. Kabassi, A. Martinis, Panagiotis Charizanos","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1851315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1851315","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Persons in the field of Environmental Education (EE) often have difficulty identifying and selecting educational programs that have the potential to best maximize needed resources to implement and achieve desired outcomes due, in part, to their lack of expertise in evaluation knowledge and practice. This article presents an approach for using a set of criteria and a process to evaluate the potential of an EE program. For this purpose, the proposed approach uses a combination of two multicriteria decision-making techniques to implement a front-end evaluation of available projects and rank them in order to help instructors select one. The proposed approach has been applied to evaluate the Environmental Education programs in Greece. As a result, we discuss the results and make useful conclusions about the quality of these programs available to the school community in Greece.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"270 - 287"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79791987","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}
Oliver Gerald Schrot, J. Traxler, Ariane Weifner, Michael M. Kretzer
{"title":"Potential of ‘future workshop’ method for educating adolescents about climate change mitigation and adaptation: a case from Freistadt, Upper Austria","authors":"Oliver Gerald Schrot, J. Traxler, Ariane Weifner, Michael M. Kretzer","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1816515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1816515","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Using the ‘future workshop’ (FW) method, adolescents can be prepared for responding to climate-related risks at the local level. The ‘KLAR! – Zukunftswerkstatt’ presents a case study combining climate change information, FW and place-attachment theories. Its development and application with 41 learners in one upper-secondary school in Austria are demonstrated. Statistically significant findings suggest that students are more aware about mitigation and adaptation behaviors after participating in FW. Qualitative findings demonstrate that students developed higher levels of action knowledge for mitigation and adaptation behaviors. Such teaching approach is not limited to the researched case, but supports environmental education in general.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"165 1","pages":"256 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76916175","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":"New challenges and resources for environmental education and communication","authors":"J. Valenti","doi":"10.1080/1533015x.2020.1806447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015x.2020.1806447","url":null,"abstract":"As 2019 ended we saw serious attention being paid to the power of youth as Greta Thunberg was named TIME Magazine’s person of the year. By April 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the you...","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"12 1","pages":"428 - 429"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81241660","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":"Measuring the impact of solid waste management workshop activities in elementary schools: a six-month case study in Da Nang city, Vietnam","authors":"Thu Thao Phan Hoang, Takaaki Kato","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1784063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1784063","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sustainable waste management is an urgent issue in developing countries. This study describes how lectures and group games influence knowledge in waste management of fourth-grade elementary students whose development stage is thought to be effective concerning positive attitude shifts. We employed a control-treatment design and two schools were selected for a comparison purpose in Da Nang city, Vietnam. The results showed significant differences in students’ knowledge before and after 6 months of the workshop activities. Lectures and group games worked differently to improve different areas of knowledge on waste management.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"76 9 1","pages":"238 - 255"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85951996","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":"On using initial monitoring data to communicate restoration potentials and limitations","authors":"S. Lyon, M. Diblasio, Ellen Creveling","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1586598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1586598","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We often have little evidence of success to take to stakeholders in the preliminary stages of restoration projects. However, presenting initial monitoring data can allow for impactful science communication and stakeholder engagement around the early progress of restoration. We use reforestation monitoring in the Paulins Kill watershed to highlight the value associated with considering stakeholder communication upfront when designing monitoring schemes and presenting initial monitoring data. Primarily, four generalizable recommendations emerge to help guide practitioners considering initial data within common environmental communication techniques and platforms: (1) for oral presentations: consider long-term data for context around initial monitoring data; (2) for online databases: isolate factors that should not change to assess initial monitoring confidence; (3) for mapping platforms: focus on differences rather than magnitudes in initial monitoring data; (4) for field trips: use the initial monitoring itself to directly engage stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"1981 1","pages":"287 - 302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90292526","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}
M. Aruguete, Meghan M. Gillen, L. McCutcheon, M. Bernstein
{"title":"Disconnection from nature and the admiration of celebrities","authors":"M. Aruguete, Meghan M. Gillen, L. McCutcheon, M. Bernstein","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1591313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1591313","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The main purpose of this study was to examine the association between environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes, and attraction to celebrities among a sample of 185 English-speaking community-based adults obtained through Mechanical Turk. A secondary purpose of the study was to validate measures of environmental attitudes and environmental knowledge. As predicted, those with greater attraction to celebrities showed less knowledge of the environment. Our results support the validity of the environmental attitude and environmental knowledge measures, although the two constructs appear to be only marginally related to one another. Implications for environmental education are discussed.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"71 1","pages":"317 - 327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89625419","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}
Z. Miller, Ben Lawhon, B. D. Taff, Forrest Schwartz, Peter Newman
{"title":"Identifying strategies to reduce visitor-generated waste in national parks of the United States: the Zero Landfill Initiative","authors":"Z. Miller, Ben Lawhon, B. D. Taff, Forrest Schwartz, Peter Newman","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1588179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1588179","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Increasing visitor use in U.S. national parks leads to myriad challenges, one of which is the large amount of waste generated. In this research, visitors to three parks were surveyed to identify potential leverage points for communicating with visitors that may help increase desirable behaviors in visitors as part of the Zero Landfill Initiative (ZLI). The findings suggest that visitors’ psychological constructs largely align with ZLI goals. However, moral norms and perceived difficulty significantly predicted behavioral intentions. From these results, a variety of management actions are suggested that may increase desirable behaviors and reduce waste in national parks.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"100 1","pages":"303 - 316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76065819","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":"Exploring blue space as a tool for promoting good fertilizer practices among Florida residential fertilizer users","authors":"L. Warner, John M. Diaz, C. Gusto","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1586597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1586597","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Differences in attitudes, perceived behavioral control, social norms (i.e., influence of others), and intent to engage in good residential landscape fertilizer practices were examined among people with high- and low-exposure to water bodies (blue space). Florida’s residential fertilizer users are exposed to stormwater retention ponds, lakes, and rivers more than other types of water. The high-exposure group perceived significantly more social pressure and had greater intent to engage in good fertilizer practices. Blue space exposure positively relates to fertilizer practices that can protect water quality. Environmental education professionals should consider integrating exposure to water bodies through in-person or virtual experiences.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"11 1","pages":"274 - 286"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88722485","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":"Road to collaboration: Experiential learning theory as a framework for environmental education program development","authors":"Christine Moseley, Haily Summerford, Melanie Paschke, Caroline Parks, Juliana Utley","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1582375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1582375","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate an existing environmental education program involving a partnership between formal and nonformal educators. The outcomes of this study support the use of an outdoor field trip as an effective teaching strategy in positively changing students’ beliefs about the environment. This study also proposes Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory as a framework and pedagogical basis for designing, implementing, and assessing effective outdoor field trips.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"18 1","pages":"238 - 258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72555255","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":"Animal ambassador interpretation techniques and its impact on connectedness to nature","authors":"Darcy S. Schueler, Milton G. Newberry","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1586596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1586596","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This exploratory study examined the effects of naming animal ambassadors on participants’ level of Empathy, Altruism, Connectedness to Nature, and Commitment to Engaging in Environmentally responsible Behaviors. Raptor educational presentations were used for this study. Two animal ambassadors were used in the experiment (one animal was given its common species name versus the other was named after its natural history). Observations, online questionnaires, and telephone interviews were used to assess the effects of implementing different named animal ambassadors in programing. Findings indicated no statistical significance between control and treatment groups, but found qualitative evidence signaling the effectiveness of naming animal ambassadors.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"15 1","pages":"259 - 273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90736085","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}