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KMID : 1024520090180121349
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Journal of the Environmental Sciences
2009 Volume.18 No. 12 p.1349 ~ p.1360
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The Relations between Attitude toward Environmental Education and Using Experience of Environmental Education Facilities in Parents who have Elementary Students -Seattle City to-
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Kim Bum-Soo
Lee Sook-Jeong
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between using experience of environmental education facilities and attitude toward environmental education in parents who have elementary students in Seattle, U.S. The findings of this study represented that elementary parents have a great understanding about the importance of environmental education. Parents have a strong agreement with the necessity of environmental education in childhood. This research also found the differences between grades and facilities for environmental education in expected effect on environmental education and desirable fields of environmental education. The awareness of the importance of environmental education increased according to frequency in using environmental education facilities. In addition, the more the experiences of using various environmental education facilities, such as museum of natural history, science museum, arboretum, and aquarium expanded, the more educational effects positively increased over time.
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KEYWORD
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Environmental education, Environmental attitude, Facilities for environmental education, Educational effects, areas of environmental education
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