Quantifying a relationship between place-based learning and environmental quality
- 9 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Environmental Education Research
- Vol. 18 (5), 609-624
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2011.640748
Abstract
The goal of this study was to investigate the degree to which school-based and nonformal education programs that focus on air quality (AQ) achieved measurable AQ improvements, and whether specific instructional methods were associated with those improvements. We completed a standardized telephone interview with representatives of 54 AQ education programs. Quantitative analysis of these interviews generated three key findings: (1) nearly half (46%) of the programs we studied reported evidence that AQ had actually improved over the course of their projects; (2) most (89%) of the programs we studied took some sort of action to improve AQ; and (3) programs reporting more place-based learning qualities and practices such as service-learning and community partnerships were more likely to report improvements in AQ (r = .40, p < .01).This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- Environmental Education (EE) for the 21st Century: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Now? Where Are We Headed?The Journal of Environmental Education, 2009
- Education for strategic environmental behaviorEnvironmental Education Research, 2007
- Education and Changes in Residential Nonpoint Source PollutionEnvironmental Management, 2004
- Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation SystemPublished by World Bank ,2004
- The Waste Wise Schools Program: Evidence of Educational, Environmental, Social and Economic Outcomes at the School and Community LevelAustralian Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
- Research Matters: a call for the application of empirical evidence to the task of improving the quality and impact of environmental educationCambridge Journal of Education, 1999
- The Action Competence Approach in Environmental EducationEnvironmental Education Research, 1997
- Environmental and sustainability indicators and the concept of situational indicators. A systems approachEnvironmental Modeling & Assessment, 1996
- Outcome Research in Environmental Education: A Critical ReviewThe Journal of Environmental Education, 1993
- The "Too Few Cases/Too Many Variables" Problem in Implementation ResearchThe Western Political Quarterly, 1986