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Connecting children to nature: Integrating technology into nature programs and incorporating environmental education into an urban after-school program.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Connecting children to nature: Integrating technology into nature programs and incorporating environmental education into an urban after-school program./
Author:	Wesson, Mark.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2011,
Description:	91 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 50-03, page: 1401.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International50-03.
Subject:	Environmental education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1503695
ISBN:	9781267099051

Connecting children to nature: Integrating technology into nature programs and incorporating environmental education into an urban after-school program.
Wesson, Mark.

Connecting children to nature: Integrating technology into nature programs and incorporating environmental education into an urban after-school program. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2011 - 91 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 50-03, page: 1401.

Thesis (M.S.)--Colorado State University, 2011.

This thesis consists of two documents that describe different aspects of a broader project with the ultimate goal of connecting children and their families to nature. The first paper addresses the integration of technology and knowledge about people's wildlife value orientations (WVO's) to influence participation in nature programs. While a domination orientation defines wildlife primarily as a resource to be used and managed for human benefit, a mutualism orientation perceives wildlife as capable of relationships of trust with humans and as life forms deserving of rights and caring. These different orientations have different implications for response to wildlife issues and for participation in wildlife-related recreation. The mixed-methods study included survey data acquired from a sample of residents (n = 282) from Wake County, North Carolina and a subset of that sample that subsequently participated in focus groups and a pilot program about box turtle tracking using radio telemetry. Results indicated that interest in nature and nature programs incorporating technology was positive among all WVO segments - though the motivation for that interest was different for the distanced WVO group - and that the use of technology in nature programs can facilitate positive, nature-focused experiences for families. This research represents a step in developing methods for integrating technology into optimal programs directed towards segments of society with specific WVO's.

ISBN: 9781267099051Subjects--Topical Terms:

528212
Environmental education.

Connecting children to nature: Integrating technology into nature programs and incorporating environmental education into an urban after-school program.
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