Critical environmental agency: Leveraging youths' experiences during a summer field ecology program
Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
4-12-2016
Abstract or Description
Presentation given by Georgia Southern faculty member Lacey D. Huffling at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Washington, D.C.
Attending to global environmental concerns calls for renewed efforts in environmental education (EE), and important questions regarding equity and access need to be considered (NAAEE, 2011). Therefore, this study used Critical Environmental Agency (CEA), a framework which combines science education (Calabrese Barton & Tan, 2008; Tan, Calabrese Barton, Turner, & Gutiérrez, 2012) and EE (Greenwood, 2012; NAAEE, 2011) constructs to explore participants’ agency, identity work, and critical consciousness of place. Using qualitative methodologies, I explored the CEA of 16 diverse high school youth during a summer field ecology program. Data analyses focused on how youths’ experiences were leveraged to develop CEA. The findings of this study inform our understanding of how diverse youth engage in EE and strengthen their CEA.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
American Educational Research Association Conference
Location
Washington, D.C.
Source
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera16/index.php?cmd=Online+Program+View+Paper&selected_paper_id=1061242&PHPSESSID=f1dhdculu74ulao4hccu66k10g
Recommended Citation
Huffling, Lacey D..
2016.
"Critical environmental agency: Leveraging youths' experiences during a summer field ecology program."
Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education Faculty Presentations.
Presentation 215.
source: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera16/index.php?cmd=Online+Program+View+Paper&selected_paper_id=1061242&PHPSESSID=f1dhdculu74ulao4hccu66k10g
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/teach-secondary-facpres/215
