TY - JOUR
T1 - Current State of Environmental Education in Mexico
T2 - A Study on Practices, Audiences, Settings, and Topics
AU - Marcos-Iga, Jose
AU - Shaw, William
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Environmental education in Mexico takes many forms and plays a wide variety of roles. Through an online survey, we addressed the need to present a wider picture on the current state of environmental education practices in Mexico: Who is engaging in environmental education practices, how important is it for their organization, who are they targeting, which methods and settings are they choosing and what environmental issues are they addressing? Representatives from 118 conservation and environmental education agencies and organizations responded to the survey. Results show that conservation Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are taking the lead in the field of environmental education in Mexico. Conservation education represents a big piece of the overall environmental education field in Mexico. Education appears to be an important tool used widely by environmental and conservation organizations. At the same time, there seems to be a serious lack of funding.
AB - Environmental education in Mexico takes many forms and plays a wide variety of roles. Through an online survey, we addressed the need to present a wider picture on the current state of environmental education practices in Mexico: Who is engaging in environmental education practices, how important is it for their organization, who are they targeting, which methods and settings are they choosing and what environmental issues are they addressing? Representatives from 118 conservation and environmental education agencies and organizations responded to the survey. Results show that conservation Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are taking the lead in the field of environmental education in Mexico. Conservation education represents a big piece of the overall environmental education field in Mexico. Education appears to be an important tool used widely by environmental and conservation organizations. At the same time, there seems to be a serious lack of funding.
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U2 - 10.1080/1533015X.2011.669687
DO - 10.1080/1533015X.2011.669687
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861640254
SN - 1533-015X
VL - 10
SP - 219
EP - 227
JO - Applied Environmental Education and Communication
JF - Applied Environmental Education and Communication
IS - 4
ER -