Web-GIS based Outdoor Education Program as Environmental Education for Elementary Schools

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This study aims to propose and implement a Web-GIS (Geographic Information Systems) based outdoor education program as environmental education for elementary schools which is then evaluated by users. The conclusion of this study can be summarized in the following three points. (1) An eight-step outdoor education program based on Web-GIS was proposed as a "second school" for elementary schools and was then implemented before being evaluated by users (teachers, instructors, students and their parents). (2) The program generally received a good evaluation. However, many students and their parents gave extremely negative evaluations for degree of discovery and degree of interest respectively in the questionnaire conducted after the "second school". Teachers' evaluations showed an intention to continue to operate the program in a positive manner and to pinpoint the issues concerning the use of Web-GIS as teaching materials. (3) Based on the results of evaluation by users, two issues to improve the outdoor education program were determined. One concerns the Web-GIS based outdoor education program and the other is related to the use of Web-GIS.
2011-09-30