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Ethnography, the Environment and Education—the Rottnest Voluntary Guide Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Annie Ilett
Annie Ilett*
Affiliation:
Department of the Environment, Sport & Territories Australian Capital Territory
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This paper was originally written as part of my Masters of Education study of environmental education on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. This paper describes an initial observation exercise employing ethnographic research techniques to reveal the motivations, culture and world view of the Rottnest Voluntary Guides, a group of people who volunteer their time to conduct free environmental tours for the public visiting the Island.

This observation exercise was followed up by an in-depth study, involving interviews with individual Guides, in an attempt to learn: how members of the group construct their world; what assumptions they make; what it is to be a member of that group; and why they chose to spend their time with the group.

Type
Research Article
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 11 , 1995 , pp. 1 - 11
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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