International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Editors: A/Prof John Lidstone, Queensland University of Technology and Prof Joseph P. Stoltman, Western Michigan University
Book Review Editor: Dr Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A & M University
Editorial Assistant: Donna Bennett, Australia
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Volume: 10 Number: 2 Page: 127–148
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Participatory Evaluation of Environmental Education: Stakeholder Assessment of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya
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Mallory D. McDuff and Susan K. Jacobson
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Participatory evaluation represents an innovative approach for assessing environmental education programmes as the methods involve stakeholders in the design and implementation of evaluation. This study
applied participatory evaluation to the largest grassroots environmental education programme for youth in Africa, the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya (WCK). The study first involved staff, regional WCK representatives
and local teachers in stakeholder analyses of WCK and the development of critical evaluation questions. Second, four key stakeholder groups provided feedback on WCK programmeming, constraints and impacts
and made recommendations for improvement. The evaluation results revealed that trips to the national parks were the most effective WCK programme, while lack of funds was the major constraint. The primary
impacts of WCK were increased student awareness and interest in conservation. Recommendations for improvement included increased visits by WCK staff to clubs and improved communication among WCK offices
and clubs. The results of the participatory evaluation have been used by WCK to institutionalise evaluation, document impacts and improve environmental education programming in Kenya.
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