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Global Warming Responses at the Primary Secondary Interface 1. Students' Beliefs and Willingness to Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Keith Skamp ,
Eddie Boyes  and
Martin Stannistreet
Keith Skamp*
Affiliation:
Southern Cross University
Eddie Boyes
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Martin Stannistreet
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
*
†Centre for Children & Young People, School of Education, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Using survey methodology, students' beliefs, and willingness to act, about 16 specific actions related to global warming are compared across the primary secondary interface. More primary students believed in the effectiveness of most actions to reduce global warming and were willing to take those actions. In general there was a disparity between students' beliefs and their actions and explanations are proffered for these differences. Characteristics that distinguish primary from secondary schooling are proposed for the variations across the interface and these have implications for practice.

Keywords

Global warmingenvironmental educationbeliefs, actionsprimary and secondary students
Type
Research Article
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 25 , 2009 , pp. 15 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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