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The junior naturalist program
Title
The junior naturalist program.
Creator
Powell, Courtney, Meltzer, Carol, Graduate College
Date Issued
2011-04-08
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164681
Subject Headings
Environmental education, Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning
Format
Document (PDF)
A formative evaluation of the grassy waters preserve aquatic connections and watershed awareness (acwa) environmental education program
Title
A formative evaluation of the grassy waters preserve aquatic connections and watershed awareness (acwa) environmental education program.
Creator
Hopler, Sarah, Meltzer, Carol, Graduate College
Date Issued
2011-04-08
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164541
Subject Headings
Environmental sciences --Study and teaching, Environmental education, Wetland conservation
Format
Document (PDF)
AN EVERGLADES LITERACY WORKSHOP FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS: A CASE STUDY OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND EDUCATOR TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Title
AN EVERGLADES LITERACY WORKSHOP FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS: A CASE STUDY OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND EDUCATOR TEACHING EXPERIENCES.
Creator
Mitchell, Erin, Bhagwanji, Yashwant, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry, College of Education
Abstract/Description
Environmental Education (EE) has an overall goal of fostering eco-literate citizens who are capable of building a more sustainable planet (North American Association for Environmental Education, 2019). While EE is associated with a plethora of benefits, it is still not widely implemented in the field of education due to the many types of barriers as well as the complexity of EE content knowledge and skills. Professional Development (PD) in EE may be a viable way to increase effective...
Show moreEnvironmental Education (EE) has an overall goal of fostering eco-literate citizens who are capable of building a more sustainable planet (North American Association for Environmental Education, 2019). While EE is associated with a plethora of benefits, it is still not widely implemented in the field of education due to the many types of barriers as well as the complexity of EE content knowledge and skills. Professional Development (PD) in EE may be a viable way to increase effective implementation of EE, yet PD in EE is not widely attended or offered. It is, therefore, imperative that PD programs are designed in a way that will maximize the benefits for participants. This mixed methods case study examined the experiences of K-5 educators who attended a one-day, Everglades Literacy Teacher Training Workshop in order to understand the effective components of the workshop, changes in teacher content knowledge and self-efficacy, and experiences of teachers after the implementation of the Everglades literacy curriculum in their classrooms.
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Date Issued
2021
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013762
Subject Headings
Environmental education, Professional development, Teachers' workshops
Format
Document (PDF)
Does participation in the It’s Not Easy Being Green Camp Program at the Miami Seaquarium lead to improvement in student’s knowledge of endangered animals and marine habitats as well as their attitudes towards conservation and preservation
Title
Does participation in the It’s Not Easy Being Green Camp Program at the Miami Seaquarium lead to improvement in student’s knowledge of endangered animals and marine habitats as well as their attitudes towards conservation and preservation.
Creator
Scarlatelli, Summer, Meltzer, Carol, Graduate College
Date Issued
2011-04-08
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164792
Subject Headings
Wildlife conservation --Florida --Public opinion, Marine resources conservation, Environmental education
Format
Document (PDF)
Early environmental adult education: an oral history of citizen researchers' learning in the Appalachian land ownership study, 1979-1881
Title
Early environmental adult education: an oral history of citizen researchers' learning in the Appalachian land ownership study, 1979-1881.
Creator
Sodano, Keara, Bryan, Valerie, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description
The Appalachian Land Ownership Study was a participatory action research project in one of our nation’s poorest regions suffering from absenteeism, poverty, powerlessness, and improper taxation. In discovering who owned the region’s land, the participants sought to organize against the social, economic and environmental injustices imposed on the Appalachian land and people. Most sociological and historical accounts of the Land Study focus on the process of participatory action research and...
Show moreThe Appalachian Land Ownership Study was a participatory action research project in one of our nation’s poorest regions suffering from absenteeism, poverty, powerlessness, and improper taxation. In discovering who owned the region’s land, the participants sought to organize against the social, economic and environmental injustices imposed on the Appalachian land and people. Most sociological and historical accounts of the Land Study focus on the process of participatory action research and the work of the project’s Task Force. However, over 50 citizen researchers also participated in the study. These citizen researchers encountered rich learning experiences as they struggled against scientific, corporate, and governmental power. The purpose of this oral history study was to discover the learning and experiences of citizen researchers involved with the Appalachian Land Ownership Study of 1979-1981. Significant themes emerged which contribute to understanding the complex personal, cultural, and social framework for environmental adult education. First, the Appalachian backdrop was a critical context for informal and experiential learning from the land and its people. Second, the Appalachian Ownership Task Force leaders were critical environmental adult educators who facilitated the learning of citizen researchers through dialogue. Third, agency was fostered as citizen researchers were moved to act in defense of a threatened lifeworld, and thus also became critical environmental adult educators.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004062
Subject Headings
Adult education, Appalachian Region -- Environmental aspects, Environmental education, Human beings -- Influence of environment, Land tenure -- Appalachian Region, Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force
Format
Document (PDF)
A comparative analysis of environmental history programs
Title
A comparative analysis of environmental history programs.
Creator
Feinberg, Lindsay, Brewer, Ernest, Graduate College
Date Issued
2011-04-08
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164527
Subject Headings
Human ecology --History, Environmental education, Palm Beach County (Fla.) --History, Local
Format
Document (PDF)
INTERDISCIPLINARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Title
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Creator
WEISS, RONALD ARTHUR., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
This thesis is prepared as a teacher's guide for a proposed interdisciplinary curriculum in environmental science (ecology) for junior high schools in Palm Beach County, Florida. It proposes three six-week blocks, one block to be offered in each of the junior high school years (seventh, eighth, and ninth grades). Each block consists of an introductory discussion containing block objectives, an outline of suggested topics, a suggested six-week course plan (by week), a sample lesson plan, a...
Show moreThis thesis is prepared as a teacher's guide for a proposed interdisciplinary curriculum in environmental science (ecology) for junior high schools in Palm Beach County, Florida. It proposes three six-week blocks, one block to be offered in each of the junior high school years (seventh, eighth, and ninth grades). Each block consists of an introductory discussion containing block objectives, an outline of suggested topics, a suggested six-week course plan (by week), a sample lesson plan, a bibliography of references to aid in teacher preparation, a list of state-adopted textbooks containing pertinent material, a bibliography for the student, a list of 16mm films with brief comments on the possible use of each film, recommendations for overhead transparencies, and some suggested class activities, demonstrations, and projects. A list of recent paperback publications on environmental topics, a list of environmental organizations, and additional source materials for the teacher are included in the appendix.
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Date Issued
1973
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13556
Subject Headings
Ecology--Study and teaching, Environmental education--Florida--Palm Beach County
Format
Document (PDF)
From Economics to Resources: Teaching Environmental Sustainability in Peru's Public Education
Title
From Economics to Resources: Teaching Environmental Sustainability in Peru's Public Education.
Creator
Adriazola-Rodriguez, Ana, Keaton, Kenneth, Diaz, Carlos F., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
This dissertation examines the teaching of environmental awareness in Peru's public educational system and how it needs to be consciously taught and improved in order to overcome contamination and pollution of resources and decrease poverty. This is a situation afflicting a significant percentage of Peruvians, who face difficulty in surviving and living well because the scarcity of clean air and water, unpolluted land, and affordable energy, which are basic environmental resources. The...
Show moreThis dissertation examines the teaching of environmental awareness in Peru's public educational system and how it needs to be consciously taught and improved in order to overcome contamination and pollution of resources and decrease poverty. This is a situation afflicting a significant percentage of Peruvians, who face difficulty in surviving and living well because the scarcity of clean air and water, unpolluted land, and affordable energy, which are basic environmental resources. The teaching of environmental awareness, as mandated by Educational Peruvian Laws and curriculum, should be redesigned to promote environmental ethical awareness and sustainability to guard Peru's natural and cultural resources, bounty and beauty before it is too late. In this way, education will promote a better level of life for the majority of Peruvians. Peruvian public education is presently in a state of emergency, as has been recognized by the former minister of education Javier Sota Nadal (2004-2006). Only 1 0% of students leaving high school understand what they read and only 4% do well in mathematics. A number of reasons contribute to this tragedy. Among them is principally the low quality of teaching and the inadequate budget available for public education. Peru's laws, echoing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and mandate good and free education and guarantee the right to live well. The reality is that none of these rights are properly given to the majority of poor Peruvians. This dissertation offers a course of action to teach and spread out not only environmental awareness, but also environmental ethics and sustainability from a personal perspective. This rounded concept, if applied, will form citizens able to guard, protect, and preserve natural and cultural resources. The needed environmental ethics and sustainability education will gradually guarantee, from early in life, a truthful way to love, care, protect and preserve the ecosystem. Also encompassed within this concept is to positively influence the behavior of professionals, economists, politicians, and citizens. It envisions interconnectedness between humans and the environment based on the teaching of environmental ethics and sustainability, educating children to develop critical thinking, and creativity, as well as adopting eco-design principles. This different approach could definitely better the new generation's contribution to preserve natural and cultural resources and to reduce poverty as well as contribute an example to other countries. Present and future Peruvian generations will be able to connect, care, protect, and sustain resources, so when it comes to sustainable development, they will be fully aware of the consequences of their actions toward the environment, themselves and their children's well being. In this way, education would truly fulfill its responsibility.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000564
Subject Headings
Education and state--Peru, Environmental education--Peru, Sustainable development--Study and teaching--Peru
Format
Document (PDF)
A Quantitative Analysis of Green-Building Features Incorporated in LEED-Certified Campus Buildings
Title
A Quantitative Analysis of Green-Building Features Incorporated in LEED-Certified Campus Buildings.
Creator
Ramdin, Gianna, Wright, Dianne A., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Abstract/Description
Higher education is an idyllically positioned organization from which meaningful dissemination of knowledge and interdisciplinary research is capable of actuating practices that resource consumption. Paradoxically, the construction, maintenance, and operations of the built environment, including the built campus environment, have contributed to the decline of raw resources and degradation of environmental processes. An opportunity exists to bridge the knowledge gap between the design and...
Show moreHigher education is an idyllically positioned organization from which meaningful dissemination of knowledge and interdisciplinary research is capable of actuating practices that resource consumption. Paradoxically, the construction, maintenance, and operations of the built environment, including the built campus environment, have contributed to the decline of raw resources and degradation of environmental processes. An opportunity exists to bridge the knowledge gap between the design and construction phase and the operations and maintenance phase of the green certified building life cycle, while examining the parts that contributed to the green-certification of the whole building. The purpose of this research was to 1.) identify green-building features and determine their frequency of implementation in new capital (NC) LEED-certified, campus buildings to effectuate operations and maintenance cost savings, indoor wellbeing, and environmental stewardship, and 2.) determine the relationships of greenbuilding feature usage across building, institutional, and LEED characteristics. The study used archival data to document the green efforts of each building with the study’s sample of 195 buildings on the campus of 107 universities and colleges, in the United States, between 2007 and 2017. The study’s findings indicated that the public institutions earned the LEED certification more often than private institutions and the sample was void of two-year community colleges. The sample was restricted for green-building features that (a) reduce economic cost, (b) improve indoor wellbeing, and (c) increase environmental stewardship. The results and implications are discussed.
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Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005930
Subject Headings
Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Sustainable buildings., Education, Higher., Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System., Quantitative research.
Format
Document (PDF)