Nothing Here To Care About: Participant Constructions of Nature Following a 12-Day Wilderness Program.

Haluza-Delay, Randolph

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ERIC Number: EJ646108

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Publication Date: 2001

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Nothing Here To Care About: Participant Constructions of Nature Following a 12-Day Wilderness Program.

Haluza-Delay, Randolph

Journal of Environmental Education, v32 n4 p43-48 Sum 2001

Investigates the experience of 8 teenage participants on a 12-day adventure trip through observation and semistructured post-trip interviews. Reports that the teen participants conceptualized nature as a place out there as undisturbed, natural, unfamiliar, without people, relaxing and with a sense of freedom. Includes 31 references. (Author/YDS)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Constructivism (Learning), Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, High Schools, Outdoor Education, Student Attitudes, Wilderness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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