My first nature-journal entry will center around the environmental education self-assessment quiz we took in class. The purpose of the assessment was to determine my abilities, confidence, and content knowledge in environmental education. The survey was multiple-choice in nature. I was given opportunities to not just show off what I know in content knowledge, but also evaluate my opinions and priorities in terms of the environment.
There was one question in particular that I found interesting. As I do not have the question packet, I cannot say for certain the exact wording of the question. I can however paraphrase it to, "Are you concerned with the world's deserts increasing in size?" I thought that this question was interesting because it implied that I had already known about the increasing sizes of the world's deserts, when in fact I did not.
I thought that I did particularly well in questions that concerned biology. I have already taken my biology course that I needed for my major. This class definitely helped me to answer questions about topics such as ecosystems and food chains. However, there were plenty of other content knowledge questions that I had no idea about. I am confident that I will learn plenty of environmental content knowledge during the course of this class.
In terms of my priorities concerning the environment, I noticed that I could honestly put that I did several of the habits "sometimes." I recycle regularly, and when I see a can or bottle on the sidewalk, I will pick it up and throw it in a proper recycling bin if it is convenient. Many of the questions about advocacy for nature I marked that I had never done. I've never been part of a wildlife, ecology, or preservation group. I am interested to see if what I learn in this class will change any of my opinions and priorities concerning the environment.
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