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Title: | Senior secondary Indian students' views about global warming, and their implications for education | Contributor(s): | Chhokar, Kiran (author); Dua, Shweta (author); Taylor, Neil (author) ; Boyes, Edward (author); Stanisstreet, Martin (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10677 | Abstract: | For individuals to make informed lifestyle choices that may help to reduce global warming, they need some understanding of this phenomenon and the factors that contribute to it. However, there is a 'gap' between knowledge about global warming and willingness to take personal action. So, although education may be effective in enhancing student knowledge, the extent to which that knowledge leads to action is unclear. In order to explore this a 44-item questionnaire was designed to determine senior secondary students' views about how useful various specific actions in reducing global warming might be, and their willingness to undertake these various actions. The findings gave insight into the extent to which these two parameters might be linked. The instrument was administered to students in Grade 12 (n=268) from four large schools in New Delhi, India. The findings indicated that this cohort of Indian students exhibited high levels of concern about global warming and a willingness to act to reduce it. These findings are tentatively compared with those younger students (Grade 6-10) within the same schools, and with those from two similar survey studies conducted in Western contexts (Spain and Australia). Implications for the role of environmental education in behaviour change are discussed. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Science Education International, 23(2), p. 133-149 | Publisher: | International Council of Associations for Science Education | Place of Publication: | Turkey | ISSN: | 2077-2327 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130106 Secondary Education 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390306 Secondary education 390113 Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960399 Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified 939999 Education and Training not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 190199 Adaptation to climate change not elsewhere classified 169999 Other education and training not elsewhere classified |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.icaseonline.net/sei/june2012/p3.pdf |
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