Appendix
C
Questions for Nonformal
Education Sector Survey
The Pennsylvania Center
for Environmental Education (PCEE) is a new partnership
of 11 sponsors who are committed to promoting and enhancing
environmental education (EE) throughout Pennsylvania. As
part of our service agenda, the PCEE is currently developing
a workshop on the Essentials of EE in Pennsylvania, to be
offered as a professional development opportunity for current
and potential environmental educators in Pennsylvania, and
others interested in environmental education.
Possible target audiences
for the workshop will be new state agency employees with
EE responsibilities, continuing employees with little EE
background who have some EE responsibilities, interested
representatives from business and industry, and others whose
work would benefit from learning more about EE.
Your response to the
following questions will be of great value in guiding the
development of this workshop.
Definitions
Environmental Education
(EE): a learning process that increases people’s knowledge
and awareness about the environment and associated challenges,
develops the necessary skills and expertise to address
these
challenges, and fosters attitudes, motivations, and commitments
to make informed decisions and take responsible actions.
Formal Education: education
involving the formal school system – includes programs
and activities taking place in public and private preschools,
elementary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, colleges,
and universities.
Nonformal Education:
education that takes place outside the formal school system
– includes programs and activities taking place in
museums, nature centers, zoos, aquariums, community clubs.
science centers, and other community educational institutions
and organizations; also includes television, radio, newspapers,
and other media-generated educational programs.
Please tell us about
yourself:
Name________________________________________
Organization____________Position_________________
Work Addres__________________________________
_____________________________________________
Work Phone ____________
Fax __________________
E-mail_______________________________________
Please circle your
responses to the following questions:
Does your organization
currently conduct EE activities
Yes No
If yes, please describe:
Would your organization
consider sending representative(s) to a PCEE-sponsored workshop
on the "Essentials of EE in Pennsylvania?"
Yes No
What content/subject
matter should be offered in an "Essentials of EE in
Pennsylvania" workshop to be most beneficial to your
organization?
Choose six of the following:
Existing EE resources (supplemental curricula, etc.)
Current EE status and
developments in Pennsylvania (standards, EE in the schools,
networking, etc.)
Current national EE
developments
History and philosophy
of EE in Pennsylvania
History and philosophy
of EE nationally
How to develop and present
programs for nonformal EE audiences
How to provide a teacher
in-service or workshop in EE
How to teach about environmental
issues
How to write lesson
plans for EE
Learning technologies
for EE (World Wide Web, E-mail, Link to Learning, etc.)
Methods for teaching
EE
Other
Would other members
of your organization be interested in receiving credit for
attending a PCEE-sponsored workshop?
a) yes b) no
If (a) yes, which kind?
(check all that apply): ____ graduate course credit
____ Intermediate unit
(IU) credit
____ other _____________________
If you answered (a)
yes above, what length of workshop would be acceptable?
a) two days b)three or more days
c) members of our organization
could not attend for more than one day
Which of the following
would be most important to your organization in deciding
whether or not to send representative(s) to a PCEE-sponsored
workshop?
Choose two of the following:
a) location
b) time of year
c) weekend vs. weekday
d) content of workshop
e) resources/material to bring home
f) other ______________________________
If you chose (a)
location, how far would members of your organization be
willing to travel?
1) less than 50 miles
2) 50-100 miles
3) 100-200 miles 4)
over 200 miles
If you chose (b)
time of year, which of the following would be best?
1) winter 2) spring
3) summer 4) fall
What times would
be especially difficult?
If you chose (c)
weekday vs. weekend, which would be better?
1) weekend 2) weekday:
which days would be best?
Please use this space
for any additional comments:
