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Publication Date: 2017
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Outdoor Experiential Environmental Education: An Adult-Centred Intervention for the Affective Domain
Okur-Berberoglu, Emel
International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, v7 n1 p34-58 2017
The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of an outdoor experiential environmental education (OEEE) programme on the affective domain of adult participants--namely, in-service teachers from Turkey. Data collection methods such as; psychodrama, non-participant observation, open-ended questions and content analysis were used within a qualitative approach in a case study format. Activities in both the indoor and outdoor experiential programmes were designed in accordance with Kolb's theory on experiential teaching. While the indoor activities were used for control group 1, and traditional methods used for control group 2; the outdoor activities were used for the experimental group. At the end of the research, the following terms emerged in participants' expressions: "interest, anxiety, curiosity, motivation and complaint". The most outstanding expressions belonged to the experimental outdoor group.
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Experiential Learning, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Content Analysis, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Program Descriptions, Faculty Development, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Drama, Learning Theories, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation, Anxiety
International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education. Aksaray Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi, Ilkogretim Bolumu, Kampus, Aksaray 68100, Turkey. e-mail: iejeegreen@gmail.com; Web site: http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/iejeegreen/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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