Environmental education evaluation: reinterpreting education as a strategy for meeting mission.
Critical consideration of the role of environmental education in meeting conservation outcomes is increasingly necessary for environmental agencies and organizations. Evaluation can help move organizations to alignment between educational goals and organizational mission. Moving theory-driven evaluation into mission-based program theory, this chapter examines the ways in which educational goals can and should be linked to conservation outcomes for an agency or organization.
Heimlich
Joe E
JE
School of Environment & Natural Resources, OSU, USA. heimlich.1@osu.edu
D001519:Behavior; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004463:Ecology / Q000193:education*; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation