TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the role of protected natural areas for environmental education in Italy
AU - De Dominicis, Stefano
AU - Bonaiuto, Marino
AU - Carrus, Giuseppe
AU - Passafaro, Paola
AU - Perucchini, Paola
AU - Bonnes, Mirilia
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Two quasi-experimental field studies (N = 419; 248) tested the effects of an outdoor environmental education program based in local Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) on 3rd-to-6th-grade students' proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors. Results show the program increases children's place attachment, proenvironmental attitudes, ethics and self-reported behavior, and their parents’ proenvironmental attitudes: Young people's experience with PNAs enhances their attitudes and behaviors toward environmental sustainability. The research addresses the crucial role of local PNAs in promoting proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors, highlighting the strategic importance of intervention procedures and moderators for environmental education activities applied to specific social-physical contexts.
AB - Two quasi-experimental field studies (N = 419; 248) tested the effects of an outdoor environmental education program based in local Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) on 3rd-to-6th-grade students' proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors. Results show the program increases children's place attachment, proenvironmental attitudes, ethics and self-reported behavior, and their parents’ proenvironmental attitudes: Young people's experience with PNAs enhances their attitudes and behaviors toward environmental sustainability. The research addresses the crucial role of local PNAs in promoting proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors, highlighting the strategic importance of intervention procedures and moderators for environmental education activities applied to specific social-physical contexts.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026863954&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1533015X.2017.1322014
DO - 10.1080/1533015X.2017.1322014
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85026863954
VL - 16
SP - 171
EP - 185
JO - Applied Environmental Education and Communication
JF - Applied Environmental Education and Communication
SN - 1533-015X
IS - 3
ER -