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Global Warming Responses at the Primary Secondary Interface 2. Potential Effectiveness of Education

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

In an earlier paper (Skamp, Boyes, & Stanisstreet, 2009b), students' beliefs and willingness to act in relation to 16 specific actions related to global warming were 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 were proffered for these differences. Using these data, a derived measure of the potential effectiveness of education in encouraging each of these pro-environmental actions to reduce global warming is reported. This measure, and other derived indices, suggests where education could be most effective in encouraging willingness to take pro-environmental actions to reduce global warming.

Keywords

Global warmingenvironmental educationprimary students' beliefsprimary students' actionsprimary-secondary interface
Type
Research Article
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 25 , 2009 , pp. 31 - 44
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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