In social marketing projects, focus communication messages on sources of water pollution and actions that must be taken, when the public is already aware that they should care about water quality. 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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Napier, T. L., & Sommers, D. G. (1996) Finding 2
Assure that intervention programs are relevant to the cultural milieu of the subgroup, such as ethnic or culturally-related farm-structure differences. Continue reading →
Fedler, A. J. (Ed.) Finding 16
Develop program design and content to adhere to guiding principles for boating, fishing, and aquatic stewardship education. The program:
- Follows the principles of inclusion with regard to program participation by minorities and disabled individuals.
Fortner, R. W., & Corney, J. R. (2002) Finding 2
Educate teachers about innovations in curricula to ensure that they are implemented Continue reading →
Bacic, I. L. Z., Rossiter, D. G., & Bregt, A. K. (2006) Finding 1
Visual, spatial information is effective in stimulating group discussion when presented as part of a participatory approach.
Bacic, I. L. Z., Rossiter, D. G., & Bregt, A. K. (2006) Finding 2
The choice of type of visual, spatial information to use in an education program depends on the audience. Some prefer pollution modeling, others prefer satellite images and maps or simply the discussion generated by showing models and maps. Continue reading →
Bacic, I. L. Z., Rossiter, D. G., & Bregt, A. K. (2006) Finding 3
A participatory workshop using pollution modeling, satellite images, maps, and discussion, enables farmers to identify pollution prevention efforts that are considered to be within their own control. Farmers may not be willing to adopt measures that lead to lost income, even when they consider the measure to be effective. Continue reading →