Public Sea Turtle Watches Serve as Effective Environmental Education

Autor/inn/en	Smith, J. Rachel; Witherington, Blair; Heimlich, Joe E.; Lindborg, Rebekah J.; Neidhardt, Emily; Savage, Anne
Titel	Public Sea Turtle Watches Serve as Effective Environmental Education
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 25 (2019) 2, S.292-308 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Smith, J. Rachel) ORCID (Heimlich, Joe E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2018.1509300
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Wildlife; Tourism; Program Effectiveness; Observation; Marine Biology; Conservation (Environment); Behavior Change; Zoology; Program Length; Intention; Informal Education; Attitude Change; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Tourismus; Beobachtung; Meeresbiologie; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Zoologie; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung
Abstract	To understand both immediate and longer-term effects of a short duration, interpretive wildlife tourism program, we studied responses from participants in a sea turtle watch program. This program comprised an interpretive presentation followed by an opportunity to view a nesting loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). We conducted 37 programs in 2013 and 2014, for 843 participants, of whom 70.5% were able to see a nesting turtle. We measured participant attitudes, knowledge, intention to act, and long-term behavior change. Initial participant responses indicated prior interest in nature and environmental topics, and a knowledge base focused on biological sea turtle information. After the interpretive presentation, participants chose to provide conservation-related information as opposed to natural history-related information. Intention to engage in conservation behaviors was high following the turtle watch experience, regardless of whether a turtle was seen. The conservation value of our turtle watch program is expressed through conservation-focused knowledge acquisition by participants and their high post-program intention to engage in behaviors benefiting sea turtles, both of which precede long-term behavior change in an interdisciplinary model of behavior change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01