abstract acknowledgements list of tables chapter 1.introduction 2. literautre reviewcharacteristic of EE teacher training
barriers to EE
conceptual barriers
attitudinal barriers
logistic barriers
educational barriers
evaluation of teacher EE inservice traning
Place-based education
place attachment and a sense of place
the role of place attachment in societys and education
the problem with the current education system
EE and the benefits pf a Place-based approach
evulation of Place-based approaches to EE teacher traning
3. description of journeys 4. methodssurvey developments
TSS archived documents
EE literature
survey implementation and population
data analysis
methodological issues and limitations
variables
characteristics of survey respondents and Respondents`schools
description of training characteristics
respondent`s level of commiment to using journeys
perceived impacts of and barriers to journeys
5. results and discussioncharacteristics of survey respondents
how journeys teachers have been trained
level of commiment to the use of journeys
perceived impacts
perceived inflence of journeys on teachers ` attitudes toward teaching and teaching behaviors
teacher`s perception of the influence of journeys on students
subjects that journeys helps teachers training
analysis of open-ended survey
questions
factors influencing commiment level
analysis of support components
grade-level analysis
6.Summary and conclusions Summary of resultsevaluation question 1: "what are the characteristics of journeys teachers and schools?"
evaluation question 2: "how have journeys teachers been trained?"
evaltuation question 3: "what is the level of commitment to the use of journeys"
evaluation question 4: "what is the perceived influence of the program on teachers` attitudes toward teaching and teaching behaviors?
evaluation question 5: "what are the teachers` perceptions of the influence of journeys on students"
evaluation question 6: "what subjects does journeys help teachers teach?
evaluation question 7: "what are the barriers to implementing journeys?
evaluation question 8: "what are the strengths and weaknesses of journeys?
implications of findings
recommendations for future research
literature cited appendices appendix A: journeys grant proposal appendix B: journeys training agenda appendix C: potential evaluation questions gathered from stakeholder interview appendix D: prenotice E-mail appendix E: mail surveys and cover letter appendix G: cover letter for secound mailing of survey appendix H: complete statistical analysis of logistic regression model