Environmental Education in Côte d'Ivoire/West Africa: Extra-Curricular Primary School Teaching Shows Positive Impact on Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes

Autor/inn/en	Borchers, Claudia; Boesch, Christophe; Riedel, Julia; Guilahoux, Hilaire; Ouattara, Dabila; Randler, Christoph
Titel	Environmental Education in Côte d'Ivoire/West Africa: Extra-Curricular Primary School Teaching Shows Positive Impact on Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 4 (2014) 3, S.240-259 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2154-8455
DOI	10.1080/21548455.2013.803632
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Participation; Extracurricular Activities; Environmental Education; Clubs; Knowledge Level; Attitude Change; Program Effectiveness; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Prior Learning; Elementary School Students; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Grade 5; Grade 6; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Comparative Analysis; Interviews; Cote d'Ivoire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Club; Klub; Wissensbasis; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Vorkenntnisse; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	This paper surveys the consequences of pupils' participation in the extra-curricular environmental education (EE) programme Club P.A.N. (Peoples, Animals and Nature) by monitoring changes in their respective knowledge as well as in their environmental attitudes. The programme was conducted in Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa with the help of the local teacher's organization Cellule des Projets Environnementaux (CPE). We used multivariate analysis of data collected during two years of the programme (n = 1,244 participants), in nine villages around the Taï National Park, to test if this EE programme could lead to (1) knowledge gain and (2) attitude change, and the influences of (3) grade, sex and prior knowledge. Participation significantly increased environmental knowledge and positively influenced attitudes towards nature. Boys gained more knowledge and changed attitudes more than girls and pupils of the sixth grade profited more from the programme on both measures than the younger pupils of the fifth grade. We discuss how these results influence the programme and how further research should be emphasized. (As Provided).
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