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Date Permissions Signed

6-29-2018

Date of Award

Summer 2018

Document Type

Masters Field Project

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Environmental Studies

First Advisor

Myers, Gene (O. Gene)

Second Advisor

Stanger, Nicholas

Abstract

For my masters field project, I designed and ran a five-day week long summer program called Beach Investigators that teaches about the beach, and observing and investigating out surroundings. The Program aimed to provide 5th through 9th grade students with skill and internal motivation they could use to engage in more thoughtful and in-depth exploration of their local ecosystem. This program is based in Self Determination theory (SDT), which has the potential to aid in the aims and goals of EE. I found that SDT programming has the potential both increase student ecological knowledge, as well as increase motivation for continued self-driven learning in the short term. Because SDT can serve this purpose, it is likely to be add a powerful foundation to EE and outdoor education.

Type

Text

Keywords

Environment educaiton, Self-determination Theory, outdoor education, free exploration, education

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/fzjb-rm45

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

1044740789

Subject – LCSH

Environmental education--Activity programs; Outdoor education; Motivation in education

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

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