The Role of Outreach Education in Achieving Environmental Literacy

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dc.contributor.authorWood-Arendt, Ann Elizabethen
dc.contributor.committeechairTrauger, David L.en
dc.contributor.departmentForestryen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T16:08:04Zen
dc.date.adate2003-04-23en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T16:08:04Zen
dc.date.issued2000-04-18en
dc.date.rdate2004-04-23en
dc.date.sdate2003-04-16en
dc.description.abstractTeachers of all disciplines are instrumental in shaping the characters and behaviors of future citizens. One of the greatest challenges facing environmental educators is relating to a population that is increasingly insulated from the natural world. An environmental education needs assessment of schools located in an urban watershed found that inadequate educator knowledge of environmental issues, lack of state proficiency standards for environmental education, and lack of funding for environmental projects are barriers hampering the achievement of environmental education objectives. Respondents to the Hunting Creek Watershed Environmental Education Needs Questionnaire desire greater knowledge of and access to non-biased, science-based resources for teaching environmental education. Outreach environmental education can fill the gap created by lack of teacher certification, lack of curriculum standards, and diminishing education budgets. Environmental literacy can be achieved through use of the tools provided by outreach environmental educators.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Forestryen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04162003-094452en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04162003-094452en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/10166en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartoutreacheducation.pdfen
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dc.subjectEnvironmental Educationen
dc.subjectOutreach Educationen
dc.subjectUrBIN Projecten
dc.subjectHunting Creek Watersheden
dc.subjectEnvironmental Education Needs Assessmenten
dc.subjectEnvironmental Literacyen
dc.titleThe Role of Outreach Education in Achieving Environmental Literacyen
dc.typeMajor paperen
thesis.degree.disciplineForestryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Forestryen

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