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K-12 Teachers Environmental Education
Needs Assessment
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What Teachers Are Currently Doing ]
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Level of Need for EE Services and
Opportunities ] | [
Level of Need for EE Training ]
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Methods and Results ] | [ Entire
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Level of Need for
EE Services & Opportunities Teachers were asked to
rate the level of need they had for EE services as high, moderate or
low. The results, presented in Table III, revealed that a
range of 41% - 91% of teachers rated the 11 services listed as a
high level need. The greatest percentage of teachers reported
funding as a high level need.
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TABLE III: Level of Need for EE Services & Opportunities
| |
High Need |
Moderate |
Low Need |
|
Funding
for Activities & Resources |
91% |
7% |
2% |
|
Field
Trip Opportunities |
83% |
12% |
5% |
|
Curriculum Resources |
74% |
21% |
5% |
|
Lesson and Curriculum
Ideas |
70% |
25% |
5% |
|
Mailing of EE
Information |
64% |
33% |
3% |
|
Speakers |
63% |
33% |
5% |
|
Professional
Development and EE Training |
62% |
31% |
7% |
|
Development of
Teacher Networks |
59% |
31% |
10% |
|
Meetings to Share
with Others |
51% |
28% |
21% |
|
Outdoor School Site |
50% |
29% |
21% |
|
Student EE Clubs |
41% |
34% |
24% |
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Teachers were also
asked to priority rank their highest three service needs.
As shown in Table IV, the greatest percentage of teachers ranked
funding as their number one service need, followed by lesson and
curriculum ideas as the second highest need, and field trip
opportunities as the third highest need. The point system
shown in Table IV was calculated by assigning a numerical value to
the first, second, and third highest need as follows: Highest
Need = 3 points, 2nd Highest Need = 2 points, and 3rd Highest
Need = 1 point. These points were assigned to each
respondent's ranking for each of the 11 needs listed on the table.
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TABLE IV: Ranking Order of Highest 3 EE Service Needs
| |
Overall Points |
First |
Second |
Third |
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Funding for
Activities and Resources |
53% |
24% |
20% |
17% |
|
Lesson and Curriculum
Ideas |
38% |
12% |
24% |
7% |
|
Field Trip
Opportunities |
33% |
10% |
22% |
7% |
|
Curriculum Resources |
25% |
10% |
7% |
17% |
|
Professional
Development and EE Training |
22% |
12% |
2% |
12% |
|
Speakers |
22% |
10% |
10% |
5% |
|
Outdoor School Site |
19% |
10% |
2% |
12% |
|
Mailings of EE
Information |
6% |
2% |
0% |
7% |
|
Meetings to Share
With Others |
5% |
2% |
0% |
5% |
|
Student EE Clubs |
3% |
0% |
2% |
2% |
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Development of
Teacher Networks |
2% |
0% |
2% |
0% |
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