Environmental education, age, race, and socioeconomic class: An exploration of differential impacts of field trips on adolescent youth in the United States

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dc.contributor.authorStern, Marc J.en
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Robert B.en
dc.contributor.authorFrensley, B. Troyen
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-03T14:31:46Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-03T14:31:46Zen
dc.date.issued2021-10-21en
dc.description.abstractDespite growing calls for greater inclusivity and cultural responsiveness, little is known about how environmental education (EE) may differentially affect diverse audiences. As part of a national study of 334 environmentally focused day field trips for adolescent youth in the United States in 2018, we examined how outcomes differed for students of different grade levels, racial backgrounds, and socioeconomic status. Participants who were younger, Hispanic, and from lower socioeconomic classes exhibited more positive outcomes than older, non-Hispanic, and wealthier participants. Differences in Hispanic populations are likely at least partially attributable to known survey response biases. We also found that programs with non-White instructors tended to yield higher levels of satisfaction in groups where the student majority was not White. We discuss potential explanations for these trends and call for further research on culturally responsive and age-appropriate approaches to EE. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2021.1990865 .en
dc.description.notesThe study was provided by the National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Education program (DRL 1612416 and DRL 1906610) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant (MG-10-16-0057-16)..en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Education program [DRL 1612416, DRL 1906610]; Institute for Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant [MG-10-16-0057-16]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2021.1990865en
dc.identifier.eissn1469-5871en
dc.identifier.issn1350-4622en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/106826en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectField tripsen
dc.subjectdiversityen
dc.subjectageen
dc.subjectsocioeconomic statusen
dc.subjectevaluationen
dc.titleEnvironmental education, age, race, and socioeconomic class: An exploration of differential impacts of field trips on adolescent youth in the United Statesen
dc.title.serialEnvironmental Education Researchen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypetexten

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