Abstract This paper examines the feasibility of developing a new Master Volunteer training program to help communities adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Traditional models of volunteer training programs, such as the Cooperative Extension Master Volunteer peer-to-peer learning model, are based in part on Diffusion Theory. The existing model of education could provide a useful base upon which to develop a volunteer training program about climate change but requires more depth. Data were collected using a mixed-method approach, consisting of focus groups and a survey among key stakeholders associated with the Cooperative Extension Service in the Northeastern United States. The results demonstrate the need for a climate change Extension volunteer training program, one that extends beyond the traditional deficit model of information sharing and is developed with a comprehensive theoretical approach to climate change education that focuses on collective action, as opposed to individual action. Based on emergent themes, this paper presents a theoretical framework for a new volunteer training program based on Social Practice, Sense of Community, and Self-efficacy theories. The proposed program could be successful, provided it encompasses a learning model that fosters social practices, feelings of a sense of community, and builds self-efficacy.

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设计扩展气候管家志愿者计划：结合社区意识、社会实践和自我效能理论

摘要 本文研究了开发新的志愿者大师培训计划以帮助社区适应和减轻气候变化影响的可行性。志愿者培训计划的传统模型，例如合作推广大师志愿者点对点学习模型，部分基于扩散理论。现有的教育模式可以为制定关于气候变化的志愿者培训计划提供有用的基础，但需要更深入。数据是使用混合方法收集的，包括焦点小组和对与美国东北部合作推广服务相关的主要利益相关者的调查。结果表明需要气候变化推广志愿者培训计划，它超越了传统的信息共享赤字模型，采用综合的气候变化教育理论方法开发，侧重于集体行动，而不是个人行动。本文基于新兴主题，提出了基于社会实践、社区意识和自我效能理论的新型志愿者培训计划的理论框架。拟议的计划可能会成功，前提是它包含一种能够培养社会实践、社区感和建立自我效能感的学习模式。本文提出了一个基于社会实践、社区意识和自我效能理论的新志愿者培训计划的理论框架。拟议的计划可能会成功，前提是它包含一种能够培养社会实践、社区感和建立自我效能感的学习模式。本文提出了一个基于社会实践、社区意识和自我效能理论的新志愿者培训计划的理论框架。拟议的计划可能会成功，前提是它包含一种能够培养社会实践、社区感和建立自我效能感的学习模式。