Connecting Generations Through Informal Geospatial and Conservation Education

Authors

Cary Chadwick, University of Connecticut
David Dickson, University of Connecticut
Chester Arnold, University of Connecticut
Laura Cisneros, University of Connecticut
John Volin, University of Connecticut
Todd Campbell, University of Connecticut
David Moss, University of Connecticut
Laura Rodriguez, University of Connecticut

Volume

56

Issue

5

DOI

10.34068/joe.56.05.08

Abstract

University of Connecticut Extension educators are engaged in a new program that fosters intergenerational informal science, technology, engineering, and math learning through combining geospatial technology and conservation science. Conservation Training Partnerships (CTP) is a program that brings together adult conservation leaders and high-school-aged youths for a 2-day hands-on training that leads to community-based conservation projects. The program creates synergistic project teams that combine the adult partners' community and conservation knowledge with the youth partners' technological facility. This innovative intergenerational approach holds promise for Extension professionals in improving technology-based trainings and projects.

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Recommended Citation

Chadwick, C., Dickson, D., Arnold, C., Cisneros, L., Volin, J., Campbell, T., Moss, D., & Rodriguez, L. (2018). Connecting Generations Through Informal Geospatial and Conservation Education. The Journal of Extension, 56(5), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.56.05.08