Thesis
Attitudes and roles of women and minorities in community and urban forestry professions
(2001)
Abstract
This thesis is an analysis of survey research data evaluating Journeys, a place-based environmental education teacher inservice training program developed and administered by Teton Science School. A self-administered mail survey was sent to all teachers known to have received Journeys training. Results indicate that nearly all trained teachers use Journeys with their classes, and show a commitment to making Journeys a permanent part of their classroom. Additionally, teachers generally agreed that their involvement with Journeys has had positive effects on their teaching behaviors and attitudes towards teaching. Journeys appears to be an effective interdisciplinary program, helping teachers teach a variety of different subjects. This thesis supports the notion that place-based approaches to environmental education teacher inservice training are effective. This thesis also provides information that can be used to further develop the Journeys program, and contributes to the literature on place-based education and teacher training in Environmental Education.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2001
Degree
Master of Science
Field of study
Forestry
Department
Utah State University, Department of Forest Resources
Advisor
Michael Kuhns
Citation Information
John G. Hayes. "Attitudes and roles of women and minorities in community and urban forestry professions" (2001) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_kuhns/327/