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Influences Of Environmental Education Programs On The Participant's Affinity For Nature, Justin Alan Schmillen
Influences Of Environmental Education Programs On The Participant's Affinity For Nature, Justin Alan Schmillen
Master's Theses
This study was conducted to determine the change, and the factors influencing the change, in the participant’s affinity for nature resulting from an environmental education experience. In addition, this study also examined the change and factors of change in aspects of the participant’s affinity for nature that directly relate to marine and coastal resources and environments. An adapted version of the Affinity for Nature scale, an outcome measuring instrument used by the American Camp Association was used to collect data from participants (n=529) at Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School and Camp Ocean Pines, whose experience included an overnight component and …