APPENDIX B

Essentials of Environmental Education

• 5 participants know the history of EE .
• 4 know the definition and goals of EE.
• 4 know current issues in EE.
• 3 know the guiding principles of EE.

• 8 know the basic EEmethods/techniques.
• 6 know how to apply learning theory to EE activities.
• 4 know how to evaluate EE materials.
• 3 know how to incorporate EE subjects you already teach.

• 4 know where to find the best EE materials.

• 10 participants want to know how to implement EE into the classroom, and important programs to implement.
• 6 participants want to know about current issues.
• 2 participants want to know techniques for teaching.
• 2 participants want to know ways to get K-4 students involved.
• Basic EEmethods/techniques.
• Connecting human issues such as choice to the global environment (natural + human).
• How to apply learning theory to EE activities.
• How to evaluate EE materials
• Incorporating PA Dept. of Ed. standards.
• Open inquiry method of teaching EE.

• 3 participants want to know where to get PA specific materials.
• 2 participants want to know about developing programs.
• 2 participants want to know ways to get K-4 students involved.
• 2 participants want to know what is considered important(for adults and children) and tools to implement.
• Curriculum writing.
• Good Internet sites w/ free curricula.
• Hands-on activities.
• Programs to implement at the college level and above.
• Where to find EE material.

• Reaching students on environmental issues; recycling and water conservation.

• How to teach children to care about the world.

• New resources.
• Networking opportunities.
• EE resources.
• I appreciated the breadth of resources, esp. the info regarding links from your Web page.
• There are resources and people available to educate teachers.
• Educators who will come to your school and provide information, lessons, etc.
• There is a world of information available.
• Sources of info.
• Resources where to get curriculum and other information about EE.
• Many resources were available within the room.
• There are many resources available for teaching environmental education.
• I learned there are a variety of ways to get resources to teach EE successfully in your classroom.
• How to get resources and curriculums already developed.
• The PCEE Web site.
• PCEE as a source, eg. Fairmount park Project.

• KWL, new approach for me. Liked the image of attaching to a knowledge node or creating a new slot.
• How to incorporate arts into an EE activity.
• I learned how environmental education needs to begin at an early age right from our own backyards. Then responsible and continued education can be possible.
• How to integrate school curriculum at non-formal locations.
• Environmental education can be easily taught through all modalities.
• Integration of information.

• I made valuable contacts at this workshop for our ecology center.
• There are loads of experts we can draw info from, Yeah!
• Being able to talk to others in the group was helpful. The people were knowledgeable.
• The partners.
• Meeting people with a developed background.
• Networking opportunities.

• I learned some activities I can do with my class in our ecology center.
• I learned valuable activities to promote active learning for students in the ecology center.

• Where the field is going.
• I learned that the history of EE is quite long, many organizations have looked at the subject and come up with very similar definitions.

• Great concept, almost "too" much material, like the idea of "value fair."
• Political and economic realism (real "cynicism") can be taught in environmental studies, to prepare activists to meet difficulties and rebuffs without becoming discouraged.