Environmental Knowledge

Draw-an-Ecosystem Task

This tool, the Draw-an-Ecosystem task, takes a

Uses narrative forms, such as thoughts or feelings to describe what is being evaluated. Can provide rich context for examining participants’ experiences and how a program operates. Allows for questions to be investigated in-depth.

approach to

A systematic process that critically examines a program's merit, worth or significance by collecting and analyzing information about a program’s activities, characteristics, and outcomes. The goal is to improve the program's effectiveness, and/or to inform programming decisions (Patton, 2001).

. Participants draw and label an ecosystem before and after a program to measure their change in

Knowledge and awareness about the environment and environmental problems, and how to solve those environmental problems. Environmental knowledge can take the form of systems knowledge: knowledge about ecosystem processes and environmental problems; action-related knowledge: actions someone can take to address environmental problems and effectiveness knowledge, knowing which behaviors and actions can best address an environmental issue (Krasny, 2020).

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