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Publication Date: 2015
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Shared Understandings: Environmental Perspectives of Kenyan Community Members and Teachers
Quigely, Cassie F.; Dogbey, James; Che, S. Megan; Hallo, Jeffrey
Environmental Education Research, v21 n7 p1079-1104 2015
Environmental issues are a shared human concern as communities in all nations and geographic regions are grappling with environmental degradation. Despite this concern, there are multiple different viewpoints on the current state of environmental issues and how to understand these problems. Understanding how different communities conceive of the environment and sustainability is paramount in efforts to increase the frequency of environmentally conscious choices. If an awareness of others' perspectives of the environment is lacking, then the development of sustainable choices is placed at risk because of potentially competing views of what sustainability means in a particular context. As such, solutions to these environmental problems are frequently viewed as "wicked problems.'"This study investigates the shared and divergent environmental viewpoints of teachers and community members in Kenya. This study utilized photo-methodologies and qualitative in vivo analysis. The shared viewpoints were on positive and negative notions of environmental issues. The divergent viewpoints were on solutions that included types of innovations and amount of government involvement.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Investigations, Teacher Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Vignettes, Interviews, Photography, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Indigenous Knowledge, Empowerment, Government Role, Innovation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kenya
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