Keene Matt, Blumstein Daniel T
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (1807T) Washington, DC 20460, USA.
Eval Program Plann. 2010 May;33(2):201-4. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2009.07.014. Epub 2009 Aug 3.
We join the authors in this special issue in their call to embrace a culture of evaluation. Obstacles to change are formidable. Educators debate their purpose--provide knowledge or achieve environmental goals--and we have limited evidence of the effectiveness of environmental programs and policies. Change requires collaboration across organizations and disciplines, targeted capacity building, and building systems of assessment into programs that enable more sophisticated evaluations. As in other fields, an evidence-based movement will increase the credibility and effectiveness of environmental education. A culture of evaluation offers educators a solid platform to collaboratively and efficiently achieve society's environmental goals.
在本期特刊中，我们与作者们一道呼吁营造一种评估文化。变革的障碍极为艰巨。教育工作者们对其目的存在争议——是传授知识还是实现环境目标——而且我们关于环境项目和政策有效性的证据有限。变革需要跨组织和跨学科的合作、有针对性的能力建设，以及在项目中建立评估体系，以便能够进行更精细的评估。与其他领域一样，基于证据的行动将提高环境教育的可信度和有效性。评估文化为教育工作者提供了一个坚实的平台，以合作且高效地实现社会的环境目标。
