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Nature's Classroom: An Ethnographic Case Study Of Environmental Education, Dorothea Jody Owens
Nature's Classroom: An Ethnographic Case Study Of Environmental Education, Dorothea Jody Owens
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NATURE'S CLASSROOM: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
DOROTHEA JODY OWENS
ABSTRACT
This ethnographic case study examines the dynamic relationship between culture and environmental education within the context of a specific Florida-based public education program. The School District of Hillsborough County (SDHC) offers the program through a three-day field trip to the study site, Nature's Classroom, and accompanying classroom curriculum. The site is located in Thonotosassa on the Hillsborough River, and serves approximately 13,500 to 15,000 sixth grade students annually. The key purpose of the research was to explore public education in a local setting as a vehicle for …