Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
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pp. 3-5
Abstract
In the world in which we live today, the degradation of the environment has become a reality. Society has depended on outdoor educators for over 70 years to stop this trend. According to Leeming, Dwyer, Porter, and Cobern (1993), "Outdoor education programs are designed to pro- Photo Credit: USFWS vide students with a context in which the primary goal should be to encourage people to engage in more pro-environmental behaviors" (p. 8). The educators of these programs believed that students, who realized their own environmental responsibility, would take needed environmental behavioral action and make a difference in the fight to sustain our planet.
Recommended Citation
Rita Yerkes and Kobe Biederman
(2003)
"Outdoor Education and the Development of Environmental Responsibility Revisited,"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 13:
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4, Article 3.
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https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/taproot/vol13/iss4/3