Exploring residential outdoor environmental education program participants’ learning process in Luodong nature center - a case study in “wetland discovery” children's summer camp

• Main Authors: Chu-Wei, Lu, 盧居煒
• Other Authors: Ju, Chou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6kpg27

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 環境教育研究所 === 103 === This study is focused on exploring summer camp student’s learning experiences in Luodong nature center. It is focused on how they to gain the learning experiences? Students how to learn? How to promote learning in the learning process? The researcher investigate student’s learning process and in response to the learning experiences by discussing the first-hand learning experience of Students in the real river environment. This study uses qualitative research methods to collect interviews data, participant’s observation records and documents data by collecting 16 students which participate in summer camp. This data let researcher understand student’s learning experiences, analyze these datas to discover student’s learning and provide the basis of program modification in future. The results can be divided into three parts: First, about the student’s learning experience and learning process in the summer camp, the researcher found that the summer camp offer students rich learning experience to help students recognize and feel the river environment, and to promote environmental awareness and the development of social interaction, and to affect students' feelings and emotional empathy for the creature. The researcher also found that the Griffin’s learning process indicators can help researcher to understand the students how to learn. Second, the researcher found that combination of real-life experiences of the game, the guide’s teaching experience and skills and cooperative learning are playing an important role to promoting the learning in the environment. Third, the camp’s design meet the five principles of teaching methods based on the experience, the reflection of the learning experience is inadequate, and the exploration of free time are the other findings of the study.