Description

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This book presents a simple approach to using evaluation to design, monitor, and assess conservation education and outreach. It is a practical tool for anyone create educational programs designed to raise conservation awareness and promote conservation behaviors.

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About the Author

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Kate Clavijo is a practicing program evaluator with more than 20 years of experience evaluating informal and formal educational programs. She served as the executive director of the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education as is the lead author of the publication Evaluation Use in Nonformal Education Settings published by the American Evaluation Association. She has extensive experience in environmental education and a strong interest in evaluation capacity building. Dr. Clavijo earned her doctorate in Educational Program Evaluation and Masters degrees in Environmental Education and Biology at the University of Louisville. Kathayoon Khalil is the Conservation Impact Manager at the Oregon Zoo and the former Principal Evaluator for the Seattle Aquarium. She received her PhD in Learning Sciences and Technology Design from Stanford University, studying the use of social network analysis to understand how innovation in evaluation spreads among the zoo and aquarium community. Kathayoon started her career at as a teen volunteer at the Oregon Zoo and quickly developed a passion for wildlife and conservation. Kathayoon received her Masters of Environmental Science degree from the Yale School of Forestry and her Bachelors in Organismal Biology from Claremont McKenna College. She is an alumna of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program as well as an instructor for Project Dragonfly at Miami University of Ohio.