Inspiring Stewardship towards Plants through Social Marketing The scenario: While paused at a trail-head, students are listening to an instructor roll-out the next team activity and a student plucks a leaf off of a nearby plant, almost absentmindedly. As the instructor continues with the team instructions, that student briefly looks at the leaf in their…
How does one rapidly build trust with a group of elementary students within a four day residential outdoor education program? By fostering a strong sense of community through team building activities. An instrumental piece of this puzzle is the Community Agreement, this is a living document created by the students and it declares their expectations…
What were some moments where you considered student motivation before choosing an intervention? What is your interpretation of the results? The most frequent moments where I intervened with student behavior was during instructions, here we would all be gathered together forming a circle. This was when I was providing specific information necessary for our…