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Exploring Lifelong Influence of Participating in the Junior Audubon Club During Childhood

Weidensaul, Amy
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1544808352448322

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2018, Ph.D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Environmental Studies.
There is limited research looking at the role that specific programs play in the formation of environmental identity, or lifelong influences of specific environmental programs. This study looks to address this gap by exploring the salient and memorable experiences of past Junior Audubon Club members who participated in the program as children, and how they describe the influences of the program on their environmental identities. Based on this study, there were specific components of the Junior Audubon Club that proved most influential and lasting for the participants, including active learning in nature, supportive adults who shared similar interest and passions, and establishment of a sense of community through social acceptance and group identity. This study suggests that childhood participation in programs can be particularly successful, and have a lasting impact, when a sense of community is created with peer acceptance, supportive adults, repeated experiences in nature and active learning. Findings from this study document the long-term impacts that participation in such a program as a child can have throughout an individual’s lifetime, and the results of this study can be applied to the development of potentially more impactful environmental education programs. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible in the open access OhioLINK ETD Center (http://etd.ohiolink.edu).
Jimmy Karlan, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jean Kayira, PhD (Committee Member)
Corrie Colvin Williams, PhD (Committee Member)
236 p.
Education; Educational Psychology; Environmental Education
Environmental education; environmental identity; retrospective research; case study; youth; children; environmental attitudes; environmental behavior; significant life experiences; club; social practice theory; social identity; nature education

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  • Weidensaul, A. (2018). Exploring Lifelong Influence of Participating in the Junior Audubon Club During Childhood [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1544808352448322

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weidensaul, Amy. Exploring Lifelong Influence of Participating in the Junior Audubon Club During Childhood. 2018. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1544808352448322.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weidensaul, Amy. "Exploring Lifelong Influence of Participating in the Junior Audubon Club During Childhood." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1544808352448322

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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