The Purpose of this Project was to Develop and Implement an Annual Environmental Education Inservice and to Evaluate the Attitudes, Values and Time Spent Teaching about the Environment by Teachers in the Hortonville Area School District

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2002-07Author
Resch, Scott T.
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources
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The purpose of this project was to develop and implement an
annual environmental education inservice for the Hortonville Area School
District. Through the inservice the attitudes and values of the teachers
towards environmental education would be evaluated. Also the amount of
time teachers spent teaching about the environment would be evaluated.
The process started by getting involved with curriculum writing. This
allowed an understanding of what environmental education material
teachers were teaching and at what grade levels. After this, a network of
links with principals, administration, faculty, and school board members
was established. This step was done so the inservice could take place and
to align the inservice with Hortonville Area School District's
environmental education curriculum. A pre survey was given at the
beginning of the inservice. Then at the end of the school year a post
survey was given. A comparison was made between the pre and post
surveys to see if changes occurred in the attitudes, values, and time spent
teaching about the environment by teachers that attended the inservice. It
was found that teachers at Hortonville Area School District feel very
confident in teaching and in teaching environmental education. What they
need is help in finding the materials to infuse environmental education
into their curriculum.
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