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Peer reviewedHeimlich, Joe E.; Meyers, Ronald B. – Environmental Education Research, 1998
A national survey of 131 park and zoo educators' teaching beliefs was conducted in 14 parks and zoos in the United States in 1996. The Van Tilburg/Heimlich Teaching Beliefs Scale and a self-report time on task and importance of task were used. Outcomes showed that a preponderance of respondents would self-identify their beliefs to be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ecology, Environmental Education, Instruction
