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Jim Shores; Brad Daniel; W. Brad Faircloth – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: As a psychological construct, inspiration has not received extensive examination in the outdoor literature. Inspiration can be characterized in terms of evocation, motivation, and transcendence. Purpose: This qualitative study explored the experience of inspiration in response to natural landscapes utilizing Bergson's qualitative…
Descriptors: Motivation, College Students, Parks, Environmental Education
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Herman, Benjamin C.; Newton, Mark H.; Zeidler, Dana L. – Science Education, 2021
This investigation examined how a 6 week environmental topics course that included place-based socioscientific issues (SSI) instruction in the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) in the United States of America influenced 21 postsecondary students' expressed socioscientific orientations of "Ecological Worldviews" (including…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Science and Society, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development
Goodrich, Kristina – Parks and Recreation, 1979
Suggestions are made for financing and implementing solar energy programs in recreational parks. (JD)
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Environmental Education, Operating Expenses, Parks
Gray, David E. – Parks and Recreation, 1980
The future maintenance and improvement of park and recreation programs involves: (1) remembering that access to recreation should be independent of socioeconomic status; (2) developing and using marketing skills to serve human needs; (3) expanding and using research for better programs; and (4) evaluating programs for their contribution to human…
Descriptors: Athletics, Delivery Systems, Ecological Factors, Economic Factors