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Environmental education: A time of change, a time for change

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  • Keene, Matt
  • Blumstein, Daniel T.

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We join the authors in this special issue in their call to embrace a culture of evaluation. Obstacles to change are formidable. Educators debate their purpose - provide knowledge or achieve environmental goals - and we have limited evidence of the effectiveness of environmental programs and policies. Change requires collaboration across organizations and disciplines, targeted capacity building, and building systems of assessment into programs that enable more sophisticated evaluations. As in other fields, an evidence-based movement will increase the credibility and effectiveness of environmental education. A culture of evaluation offers educators a solid platform to collaboratively and efficiently achieve society's environmental goals.

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  • Keene, Matt & Blumstein, Daniel T., 2010. "Environmental education: A time of change, a time for change," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 201-204, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:33:y:2010:i:2:p:201-204
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    3. Merritt, Eileen G. & Stern, Marc J. & Powell, Robert B. & Frensley, Brandon T., 2023. "Benefits of participation in a community of practice focused on evaluation and programmatic improvement for environmental educators," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    4. Crohn, Kara & Birnbaum, Matthew, 2010. "Environmental education evaluation: Time to reflect, time for change," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 155-158, May.
    5. Anderson, Kelley C. & Stern, Marc J. & Powell, Robert B. & Dayer, Ashley A. & Archibald, Thomas G., 2022. "A culturally responsive evaluation framework and its application in environmental education," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).

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