Making a difference in nature: an evaluation of Hidden Villa Environmental Education Program: 2003-2004

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Summary: 

The Hidden Villa Environmental Education Program (HVEEP) works with 2nd – 6th graders who visit the Hidden Villa farm and wilderness for a one or two day field trip. The Hidden Villa evaluation was designed to determine how the program’s goals align with visiting classroom teachers’ goals. The internal evaluator also examined how teachers integrate the field trip experience into classroom activities and ways that Hidden Villa can better support classroom teachers in doing so. Data collection methods included interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, observations and other documents. Overall, this evaluation process was used to help Hidden Villa implement their programs as intended.

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Settings: 
Formal
Program Type: 
Field Trip/Guided Tour
Topic: 
Agriculture/Gardening
Animals/Plants/Wildlife
Biodiversity
Ecology/Ecosystems
Earth Science
Pollution
Audience: 
Primary School
Evaluation Type: 
Process/Implementation
Evaluator: 
Internal
Outputs: 
Satisfaction
Outcomes: 
Behaviors
Approach: 
Qualitative
Data Collection: 
Existing Data! Documents
Focus Groups
Interviews
Observations/Visitor Tracking
Questionnaires/Surveys
Design: 
Retrospective Pre-test
Analysis - Qualitative Data: 
Key Incident Analysis
Content Analysis w/ Categorization of Responses
Author: 
Müller, Sigrid
Year: 
2005
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Source: 
Unpublished manuscript, Hidden Villa
Instruments: 
A partial set of evaluation instruments is available in the report