scholarly journals Frames in Outdoor Environmental Education Programs: What We Communicate and Why We Think It Matters

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4451
Author(s):  
Jan Činčera ◽  
Bruce Johnson ◽  
Roman Kroufek ◽  
Miloslav Kolenatý ◽  
Petra Šimonová
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Main Program ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Program Leaders ◽  
Outdoor Environmental Education

This paper discusses the application of frame analysis as a method of designing and evaluating outdoor environmental education programs. In particular, it investigates what frames are communicated in these programs, why and how program leaders focus on communicating particular frames, and how students interact with these frames. Five outdoor environmental education programs for elementary school students were analyzed. We used a qualitative approach that combined field observation, interviews with program leaders (N = 15), qualitative findings based on questionnaires collected from the participants after completing the programs (N = 365), and interviews with some of the students (N = 10). According to the results, while the leaders intensively applied various surface frames to attract student interest and organize the program activities, the deep frames aimed for in the main program messages connected with the program goals often remained implicit and were not recognized by the students.

scholarly journals Values Education in Outdoor Environmental Education Programs from the Perspective of Practitioners

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4700
Author(s):  
Jan Činčera ◽  
Bruce Johnson ◽  
Roman Kroufek ◽  
Petra Šimonová
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Values Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Program Leaders ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Outdoor Environmental Education ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Normative Practice ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Theory Practice Gap

Shaping environmental values is considered one of the goals of environmental education. At the same time, this creates questions about the line between indoctrination and education. While values education has been widely discussed from various theoretical perspectives, few studies have analyzed how it is being practiced. This article investigates five outdoor environmental education programs and identifies the values the programs promote as well as the means they use to communicate these values to students. Additionally, the article examines the perspectives of 17 program leaders and center directors regarding the ways in which values should be promoted in environmental education and the approaches they use in their practice. According to the findings, all the observed programs applied a normative, value-laden approach, communicating mainly the values of universalism. The most frequently observed strategy was the inculcation of desirable values by moralizing and modeling. Simultaneously, some of the leaders’ beliefs, while highlighting value-free or pluralistic approaches, contradicted their rather normative practice. This article describes the theory–practice gap identified and discusses the implications of the prevailing use of the normative approach in outdoor environmental education for the field. It calls for opening an in-depth debate on what, why, and how values belong in outdoor environmental education practice.

scholarly journals Real World Learning in Outdoor Environmental Education Programs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Činčera ◽  
Bruce Johnson ◽  
Roman Kroufek ◽  
Miloslav Kolenatý ◽  
Petra Šimonová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Real World ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Program Leaders ◽  
Outdoor Environmental Education ◽  
Real World Learning ◽  
And Behavior

This book analyzes the theoretical frameworks shaping the practice of outdoor environmental education programs. For the analyses, the authors applied the Real World Learning Model that defines the quality criteria for this kind of practice. They also further examined the Model from the perspectives of relevant theory and research, as well as from the perspectives of program leaders, accompanying teachers, and participating students. Specifically, the authors selected five programs, all three to five days long, offered by Czech outdoor environmental education centers for students in the 3rd to 7th grades and focused on shaping students’ environmental values and behavior.

Environmental Education for Elementary School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Алла Курбатова ◽  
Alla Kurbatova ◽  
А. Горюнова ◽  
A. Goryunova
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Joint Activity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Relevant Work

The article considers both theoretical issues related to the specifics of the environmental education of younger schoolchildren and the aspects of the teacher’s organization of the relevant work, which involves a combination of lessons and extracurricular activities. The relevance of individual extracurricular work, including the joint activity of an adult and a child, is substantiated.

scholarly journals Indikasi Bullying Fisik pada Siswa SD dan Implikasinya Terhadap Pendidikan Akhlak Menurut Tuntunan Agama

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Dadang Kurnia ◽  
Ani Nur Aeni
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Students ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Physical Bullying

Cases of bullying among elementary school students are high, therefore need to get attention. This study reveals an indication of physical bullying that occurs in elementary students and its implications for moral education according to the guidance of Religion. The method used is survey and literature study with qualitative approach. Participants involved a number of 55 elementary school teachers in the Cirebon region, including districts and cities. The results showed that 1) almost half of the physical bullying indication occurred in primary school with the highest percentage is in punching and pinching behavior, while the smallest percentage of the strangling behavior, 2) moral education can be a therapy to change the bad behavior of physical bullying and can be used as an effort to prevent. 

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