Practical Evaluation For Conservation Education And Outreach

Author : Katherine Clavijo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538109301
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Evaluation for Conservation Education and Outreach written by Katherine Clavijo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are the tools and skills needed to conduct meaningful, comprehensive evaluations How do we know if a conservation education or outreach program is working? Practical Evaluation for Conservation Education and Outreach: Assessing Impacts & Enhancing Effectiveness presents a simple approach to using evaluation to design, monitor and assess education and outreach. It is for anyone whose organization or work involves creating educational programs designed to raise conservation awareness and promote pro-conservation behaviors. Even more than a how-to book, it can help you to build your organization’s capacity to conduct meaningful, comprehensive evaluations. The book’s purpose is to provide specific skills and knowledge that they can immediately put to use in conducting evaluation studies of conservation education programs. The reader will build an understanding that: - Evaluation yields useful information - Evaluation should be a part of a program’s design process - Evaluation can be a positive experience - Evaluation contributes to conservation education and outreach program’s success The reader will build their knowledge of: - Key evaluation terms and concepts - The relationship between evaluation and research - How evaluation processes and finding can contribute to decision making - The strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation approaches and data collection methods - The relationship among a program’s goals, objective, activities and expected outcomes The readers will be able to - Develop and refine key evaluation questions - Review and contribute to an evaluation plan - Construct and improve data-collection instruments - Collect credible and reliable data - Interpret results and draw conclusions This book provides practical advice on conducting evaluation that is specific for conservation professionals. Case studies describe how evaluation has led to program improvements in a range of conservation settings. While there are numerous books that describe how to conduct program evaluation, none provide specific examples and tools relevant to improving environmental outcomes.

Author : Susan Kay Jacobson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198716680
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques written by Susan Kay Jacobson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conservation of biological diversity depends on people's knowledge and actions. This book presents the theory and practice for creating effective education and outreach programmes for conservation. The authors describe an exciting array of techniques for enhancing school resources, marketing environmental messages, using social media, developing partnerships for conservation, and designing on-site programmes for parks and community centres. Vivid case studies from around the world illustrate techniques and describe planning, implementation, and evaluation procedures, enabling readers to implement their own new ideas effectively. Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques, now in its second edition and updated throughout, includes twelve chapters illustrated with numerous photographs showing education and outreach programmes in action, each incorporating an extensive bibliography. Helpful text boxes provide practical tips, guidelines, and recommendations for further exploration of the chapter topics. This book will be particularly relevant to conservation scientists, resource managers, environmental educators, students, and citizen activists. It will also serve as a handy reference and a comprehensive text for a variety of natural resource and environmental professionals.

Author : Susan Kay Jacobson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191797477
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques written by Susan Kay Jacobson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents the theory and practice for creating effective education and outreach programmes for conservation. It describes several techniques for enhancing school resources, marketing environmental messages, developing partnerships for conservation, and designing on-site programmes for natural areas and community centres.

Author : Charles Saylan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520265386
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It) written by Charles Saylan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The hope for the future depends on teaching current and future students the analytical and critical thinking skills for dealing with the most critical problems. My own hope is for this book to be read by everyone, even those outside the field of environmental education. Read this book, read it again, share it widely, and do something - anything - to help our needy and wounded planet."-Marc Bekoff, author of The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint "Saylan and Blumstein provide a compelling vision of what can be, and what should be, if we have the courage to open our eyes and the boldness to act.”-Peter Saundry, Ph.D., Executive Director of the National Council for Science and the Environment “A clarion call to incorporate environmental education in all grades K-12, across all academic disciplines, in order to produce future generations of environmental stewards."-Mark Gold, President, Heal The Bay "We need a sea change in the educational system. After all, if we can teach schoolchildren that vandalism is wrong, why can we not teach them that environmental destruction is wrong? This book is a haunting call to action. A beautifully written manifesto that gets it right."-Ron Swaisgood, Director of Applied Animal Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global “The greatest threat to the future of all species on the planet is the huge gap between what is understood about global climate change by the scientific community and what is known about climate change by the people who need to know -- the public. The sound prescriptions in this book need to be read now. We are running out of time.”-Dr. James Hansen, world-renowned climatologist and author of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity “Environmental education is a disaster and educating the public on environmental issues is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. This book will help us understand why we are headed toward the collapse of civilization, and more important, how to fix it. Packed with sound science, useful information, and brilliant ideas, it is a book we must read, and give, to our local school boards and principals nationwide. Our children will thank us."-Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Humanity on a Tightrope

Author : Christopher Uhl
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742532915
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Ecological Consciousness written by Christopher Uhl and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A second edition of this textbook is now available. Developing Ecological Consciousness offers an ecology-based, wonder-filled initiation to the Universe and the Planet Earth. It examines the ways in which humans are damaging the Earth and their own bodies and spirits. The book presents paradigms, values, and tools essential for both planetary and personal transformation.

Author : National Conservation Training Center (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Conservation Training Center Catalog of Training written by National Conservation Training Center (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and published by . This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Training written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published by . This book was released on with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Conservation Training Center (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book Catalog of Training written by National Conservation Training Center (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and published by . This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald E. Gargasz (d)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Guidelines for Evaluation of Environmental (conservation) Education Curricula written by Ronald E. Gargasz (d) and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Conservation Training Center (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
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Download or read book NCTC Journal written by National Conservation Training Center (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: