Enviromental Education Survey- please take
Jennifer Bristol
Dear Education Program Director,
Thanks to your hard work, environmental education (EE) initiatives have made great strides in Texas over the last few years. We’ve developed a framework for promoting environmental literacy through the Texas Natural Resource/Environmental Literacy Plan (NR/EL Plan). We’ve hosted a statewide Summit to introduce the NR/EL Plan to practitioners, scholars, and community members. We’ve developed the Texas Children in Nature collaborative which works tirelessly to get children into the great outdoors. We even conducted a research study in 2009 that identified patterns of EE organizations within our large and diverse state (see attached infographic).
Much has been done to advance EE within our state; however, we still have a lot to learn! This research builds on our 2009 study by updating our database of information concerning large-scale EE patterns in Texas. We are asking that you take 30 minutes out of your day to take a survey detailing characteristics of your EE organization. Your participation and thoughtful answers are important for growth of EE in our state.
You organization was identified through one of the following: the Texas Children in Nature collaborative, the Texas Association for Environmental Education, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the Texas Environmental Literacy Summit of 2013, or the Informal Science Education Association of Texas.
Data from this survey will be compiled and used for deliverables such as presentations, newsletters, reports, and journal articles. This data could be beneficial for grant applications, reports to your Board of Directors, or a measure for personal growth. By participating in this survey you will not only assist fellow educators, but you will also attribute important information to the overall body of knowledge concerning EE in Texas.
Survey Information:
- The survey should only take about 30 minutes of your time.
- The survey will be closed on January 31, 2015.
- In this survey you will be asked questions about the number and kinds of programs you offer as well as the visitors who participate in these programs. You may want to have this data easily accessible before you begin the survey.
- Please work with other employees in your organization to consolidate numbers (participants, budget, # of programs, etc.) so that we have only one response from each organization.
- To increase participation, please forward this message to your colleagues in EE. This is vital to acquiring more data, and therefore, giving us more information about Texas EE!
Thank you in advance for your help,
Jenny Lloyd-Strovas, Ph.D.
TEACH Consultant
Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center
Texas Tech University
Phone: 806-577-9644
Tom Arsuffi, Ph.D.
Director
Llano Field Research Station
Texas Tech University Center at Junction
Phone: 325 446-2301
Fax: 325 446-4011.