Allow enough time for wide spread adoption of the demonstrated BMPs. A nine to ten year time frame may be necessary to move from initial implementation of BMP demonstration projects to adoption. Continue reading →
Best Education Practice: Class or Group
See below for: research findings about a class or group.
For the Class or Group, the learning experience:
- Presents accurate and balanced information, incorporating many different perspectives.
- Incorporates methods for assessing the value of the experience, especially as it relates to desired outcomes.
- Is based on and shaped by some form of needs assessment and use of a planning model (such as the logic model)
- Content and delivery is determined in cooperation with the target audience and stakeholders
- Is facilitated by quality instructors who have been trained in effective teaching methods and are supported by the program sponsor.
- Is designed to focus on a targeted audience and is built on an understanding of audience skills and interests.
- Is relevant to and accessible by people with diverse backgrounds and influences.
- Uses creative approaches.
- Values lifelong learning.
- Builds from key principles underlying environmental education. • Systems and interdependence are characteristics of the biological and natural order. • Natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities disciplines contribute to understanding of the environment and environmental issues. • Learner connections to immediate surroundings provide a base for understanding larger systems, broader issues, causes and consequences.
- Builds environmental literacy. • Questioning and analysis skills. • Knowledge of environmental processes and systems. • Skills for understanding and addressing environmental issues. • Personal and civic responsibility.
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Voege, H., & Crocker, S. (1998) Finding 1
Make time for continuous evaluation in order to best determine next steps (Voege, 1998). Continue reading →