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Pathways toward whole community transformation: a case study on the role of school engagement and environmental education

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  • Ingrid Mitchell
  • Christopher Ling
  • Charles Krusekopf
  • Susan Kerr

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The City of Colwood in British Columbia, Canada, has engaged in a wide-ranging project aiming to encourage whole community transformation, through the use of environmental education, incentives and the adoption of energy efficiency behavior and technologies. Researchers and students from Royal Roads University partnered with a Middle School to deliver an action research driven educational program to 120 Grade 7 (age 12/13) students that reflected goals of the City program: water conservation, solar hot water and the energy efficiency of homes. Students engaged in classroom activities and field trips to homes with energy upgrades installed. The students’ subject matter engagement was captured through systematic observation, field notes and photographs, and the development of knowledge was assessed through curriculum exercises and a quantitative survey. Both students and their parents were surveyed to see whether the interaction with the students had implications for intergenerational learning and the possibility of increasing wider community engagement in the program. It was found that while the students engaged in the classroom session did increase their awareness and understanding of energy efficiency, curriculum design needed to include more opportunities to discuss the issues at home to maximize the opportunities for intergenerational learning and an increase in awareness more generally. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

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  • Ingrid Mitchell & Christopher Ling & Charles Krusekopf & Susan Kerr, 2015. "Pathways toward whole community transformation: a case study on the role of school engagement and environmental education," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 279-298, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:17:y:2015:i:2:p:279-298
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9587-9
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    1. Keramitsoglou, Kiriaki M., 2016. "Exploring adolescents’ knowledge, perceptions and attitudes towards Renewable Energy Sources: A colour choice approach," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 1159-1169.

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