Relationships between outdoor environmental education program characteristics and children’s environmental values and behaviors
Result description
Outdoor environmental education programs frequently aim to influence participants’ environmental values and behaviors. Published studies have frequently documented their success in doing so. However, few studies have examined the characteristics of programs in relation to accomplishing those goals. Using characteristics identified as important in the Real World Learning Model, this study investigated five residential outdoor environmental education programs in the Czech Republic. Findings include statistically significant correlations between participants’ views of program characteristics and their environmental values and self-reported behaviors. Structural equation models demonstrate that the relationship between program characteristics was mediated by participants’ environmental values. For participants with positive values, program characteristics more strongly influence behavior. For those with less positive values, the program characteristics are less influential. Program effectiveness seems to be influenced by an interplay between students’ environmental values and the instructional strategies used in the program.
Keywords
Environmental educationoutdoor learningenvironmental valuesenvironmental behaviorreal world learning model
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
Result on the web
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14729679.2021.2001756
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Relationships between outdoor environmental education program characteristics and children’s environmental values and behaviors
Original language description
Outdoor environmental education programs frequently aim to influence participants’ environmental values and behaviors. Published studies have frequently documented their success in doing so. However, few studies have examined the characteristics of programs in relation to accomplishing those goals. Using characteristics identified as important in the Real World Learning Model, this study investigated five residential outdoor environmental education programs in the Czech Republic. Findings include statistically significant correlations between participants’ views of program characteristics and their environmental values and self-reported behaviors. Structural equation models demonstrate that the relationship between program characteristics was mediated by participants’ environmental values. For participants with positive values, program characteristics more strongly influence behavior. For those with less positive values, the program characteristics are less influential. Program effectiveness seems to be influenced by an interplay between students’ environmental values and the instructional strategies used in the program.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50300 - Education
Result continuities
Project
GA18-15374S: Promoting Behavioral and Value Change through Outdoor Environmental Education
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
ISSN
1472-9679
e-ISSN
1754-0402
Volume of the periodical
Neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Neuveden
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
1-18
UT code for WoS article
000717853400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85119261453
Basic information
Result type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
OECD FORD
Education
Year of implementation
2022