Does environmental education work differently across sociopolitical contexts in the United States? PART I. Exploration of outcomes for adolescent youth

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dc.contributor.authorThorpe, Emily G.en
dc.contributor.authorStern, Marc J.en
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Robert B.en
dc.contributor.authorHemby, Tyler L.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-22T12:46:19Zen
dc.date.available2024-01-22T12:46:19Zen
dc.date.issued2023-10-28en
dc.description.abstractIn the United States, the two main political parties, Democrats and Republicans, have become increasingly polarized, including with regard to environmental issues. As part of a national study of environmentally focused single-day field trips for early adolescent youth in 2018, we conducted exploratory research to examine how outcomes differed for public school students from different sociopolitical contexts (i.e. predominantly Democratic, Republican, or mixed). Students from wealthier Democratic contexts exhibited less positive outcomes, measured as self-reported changes in environmental literacy, compared to others. The findings suggest that single-day EE field trips in the United States, in their current forms, may be particularly valuable in lower income and more politically conservative contexts, possibly due to the degree of novelty they may provide to these audiences. Meanwhile, EE field trips for students from wealthier Democratic contexts may provide reinforcement rather than meaningful shifts in environmental literacy, suggesting a need for more novel approaches for these audiences.en
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dc.format.extent16 page(s)en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2273795en
dc.identifier.eissn1469-5871en
dc.identifier.issn1350-4622en
dc.identifier.orcidStern, Marc [0000-0002-0294-8941]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/117421en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDemocratsen
dc.subjectfield tripsen
dc.subjectadolescentsen
dc.subjectpoliticsen
dc.subjectrepublicansen
dc.titleDoes environmental education work differently across sociopolitical contexts in the United States? PART I. Exploration of outcomes for adolescent youthen
dc.title.serialEnvironmental Education Researchen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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