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Delpier, Chuck Santiago.

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Environmental adventures course: An analysis of student writing to guide curriculum development.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Environmental adventures course: An analysis of student writing to guide curriculum development./
Author:	Delpier, Chuck Santiago.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2012,
Description:	154 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 50-05, page: 2787.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International50-05.
Subject:	Environmental education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1510138
ISBN:	9781267327529

Environmental adventures course: An analysis of student writing to guide curriculum development.
Delpier, Chuck Santiago.

Environmental adventures course: An analysis of student writing to guide curriculum development. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2012 - 154 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 50-05, page: 2787.

Thesis (M.S.)--Northern Michigan University, 2012.

Environmental Adventures (EA) is a six-unit course that has been taught at Negaunee Middle School for more than 16 years. The current research on the EA course extends curriculum and assessment methodologies for the field of outdoor and environmental education. EA curriculum hones the development of middle school students' problem solving and decision-making skills, which parallel Boyer's (1990) four forms of scholarship. To examine the effects of the EA course on student learning, 20 middle school students' writings about their post-EA experiences were analyzed using Boyer's four forms of scholarship: The Scholarship of Discovery (or Research), the Scholarship of Integration, the Scholarship of Application, and the Scholarship of Teaching.

ISBN: 9781267327529Subjects--Topical Terms:

528212
Environmental education.

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520 $a The author, Chuck Delpier, developed two EA adventures: "The Rock Climbing Trip" and "The 24-hour Wilderness Experience", which are the focus of the students' writings and this research. EA students wrote two post-EA experience reflection papers on the rock climbing and 24-hour wilderness activities. From 39 papers analyzed, 23 passages identified at least one of the Scholarship areas. Overall, 55% of the 20 EA students made at least one connection to a Scholarship area. Eight students logged 87% of the Scholarship connections. Of the four Scholarship areas, the Scholarship of Application (i.e., using learned ideas, skill, and knowledge to solve real-life problems) accounted for 39% of the instances from EA student writings. The Scholarship of Integration (i.e., making connections across the disciplines, placing the specialties in larger context, illuminating data in a revealing way, often educating non-specialists) was the lowest of the four categories with only 9% of the EA student writings relating to this Scholarship area. In the author's teaching experience, these findings are consistent with the maturity level of a typical 13-14-year-old eighth grade students, who tend to learn quickly, apply what they know, and interpret new observations and experiences literally.
520 $a In addition to Boyer's Scholarship areas, EA student writings were analyzed using "Life Effectiveness Questionnaire" (LEQ) factors developed by Dr. James Neill (Neill, 2007). LEQ Factors include Time Management, Social Competence, Achievement Motivation, Active Initiative, Intellectual Flexibility, Task Leadership, Emotional Control, Self Confidence, and Environmental Stewardship. All nine LEQ Factors were identified in passages from EA student writings, lending validity to the LEQ survey for use in assessment of middle school environment education curriculum. The highest LEQ Factor was Achievement Motivation (i.e., the learning of new ideas) at 23.7%. The lowest LEQ Factor was Time Management at 2.6%. The percentages of each LEQ Factor appeared to correspond with themes that students experienced through their activities in the curriculum. Other evaluative tools for the EA curriculum are being planned for future research and use, such as the LEQ pre- and post-experience survey. Classroom and outdoor lessons from EA units, plus notes on teaching techniques on the two EA units used in this research, are included in Appendix D, which is intended to serve as a resource for outdoor education teachers.
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