Community Partner

Lynn Vanderkamp & Megan Hanson, Bureau of Environmental Services

First Advisor

Marion Dresner

Date of Award

6-2010

Document Type

Project

Degree Name

Master of Environmental Management (MEM)

Department

Environmental Science and Management

Language

English

Subjects

Teachers -- Training of, Inquiry-based learning, Ecology -- Study and teaching, Career development

DOI

10.15760/mem.21

Abstract

The goal of this project was to expand on potential audiences and partnerships within the Teaching Ecological Complexity Project, by creating a one-week teacher training workshop in collaboration with a local natural resource management partner. The training sought to increase teachers’ understanding of ecology and qualitative conceptual models through immersion in field research and partnerships with local scientists and natural resource managers. Ecological knowledge was measured by comparing pre and post qualitative conceptual models, which were scored with a rubric and analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. Classroom implementation of an inquiry-based ecological research project was expected of participants. The teachers’ level of inquiry-based teaching was assessed using pre and post workshop surveys, as well as a follow-up survey nine months later. These surveys were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. The workshop was generally successful at producing the expected outcomes. However, some limitations existed in the workshop design, and from these, future recommendations for trainings are discussed.

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Comments

A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Management.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15767

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