Wild Bird Workshop: A Professional Development Opportunity for Educators

Autor/inn/en	Ortiz, Janel L.; Conkey, April A. T.; Brennan, Leonard A.; Fedynich, La Vonne; Green, Marybeth
Titel	Wild Bird Workshop: A Professional Development Opportunity for Educators
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 82 (2020) 1, S.3-10 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
Schlagwörter	Faculty Development; Environmental Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Improvement; Wildlife; Curriculum Development; Kindergarten; Teacher Attitudes; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Outdoor Education; Citizenship; Scientific Research; Conservation Education; Teacher Workshops; Experiential Learning; National Standards; Biology; Outcomes of Education; Units of Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Lehrerverhalten; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Freiluftunterricht; Staatsbürgerschaft; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Biologie; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Lerneinheit
Abstract	The lack of environmental education in many primary and secondary school systems is likely due to overloaded school curricula, lack of funds, large classroom sizes, and other contributing factors. Through the integration of hands-on activities following the training of teachers, we can improve the impact of environmental education. Our goals in this study were to (1) develop a new kit-based, hands-on, experiential wildlife curriculum for grades K-12, focused on wild birds; (2) train educators on the curriculum through a professional development workshop; and (3) evaluate participants on their affinities for, perceptions of, and attitudes toward wildlife and birds. The results suggested that the workshop was minimally effective in influencing positive responses or improvement in perceived knowledge about birds, though in general the educators came into the workshop with positive perceptions and attitudes toward wildlife. Participants emphasized in their responses the importance of outdoor lessons and the potential for integrating citizen science in the classroom. Opportunities such as this can arm teachers with tools for the classroom and create stewards of the environment and conservationists through hands-on activities in field techniques and real-world research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01