Community-as-Pedagogy: Environmental Leadership for Youth in Rural Costa Rica

Autor/inn/en	Selby, Samantha T.; Cruz, Austin R.; Ardoin, Nicole M.; Durham, William H.
Titel	Community-as-Pedagogy: Environmental Leadership for Youth in Rural Costa Rica
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 26 (2020) 11, S.1594-1620 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cruz, Austin R.) ORCID (Ardoin, Nicole M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2020.1792415
Schlagwörter	Place Based Education; Environmental Education; Rural Areas; High School Students; Geographic Regions; Biodiversity; Teaching Methods; Problem Solving; Interpersonal Relationship; Student Attitudes; Student Leadership; Social Networks; Leadership Role; Persistence; Foreign Countries; Program Descriptions; Costa Rica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Biodiversität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Problemlösen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Schülerverhalten; Studentenwerk; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Ausdauer; Ausland
Abstract	This mixed-methods study examines an informal place- and community-based environmental education program implemented for rural, underserved high school students in Costa Rica's bio-culturally diverse Osa Peninsula. Using a community-as-pedagogy framework built on Paulo Freire's concept of a problem-posing education, we investigate how pedagogically-positioned social relationships mediate students' knowledge, perceptions, and leadership. We find linkages between existing community resources and endogenous environmental leadership, and suggest how making those connections strengthens students' perceptions of their social relationships and their ability to create meaning and take action. Through the program, students show an increase in knowledge about their local environment. They critically and socially engage with that new information, further developing networking skills in the context of community-informed environmental issues. After participating in the program, the students describe environmental leadership as requiring persistence, forethought, and a willingness to care for both the environment and community. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01