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Article: Evaluation of the environmental education program at the New Jersey School of Conservation.(Reports & Research)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Environmental Education
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
- Author:
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ABSTRACT: The authors present the findings of an evaluation of the residential environmental education program offered by the New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC). Sixth-grade students (n = 419) from a large, central New Jersey school district participated in a 4-day/3-night experience. The Children's Attitudes Toward the Environment Scale (L. M. Musser & A. J. Malkus, 1994) was used to assess the effect of the NJSOC program on the student' attitudes toward the environment. A complementary phase of the research involved using qualitative methods of inquiry to evaluate the effectiveness of NJSOC programs experienced by the students in meeting selected missions of the ...