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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"climate change education"”.
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Climate change education in Tongan secondary schools
… most vulnerable groups to the adverse impacts of climate change. They can be psychologically disturbed and rendered powerless by the magnitude of its impacts. Tonga and its island groups are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and these impacts affect the environment, the people …
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Climate Change Education and Environmental Education: Perceptions and Knowledge Among Environmental Educators in the Southeastern United States
<p>Climate change is a global environmental problem and issue. Mitigation and adaptation have been suggested for use in dealing with the impacts, both current and in the future. Climate change education as a mitigation and adaptation effort is one that could have great impact. This quantitative …
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Secondary School Students Knowledge, Understanding and Priorities in Climate Change Issues
… knowledge, understanding and priorities in climate change issues in Monduli District. The study was guided by three objectives namely, First to examine how much Form Three Students knew and understood the issues in climate change, secondly their priority areas which should be in their …
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Impact of climate change on youth in small island communities: The case of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
… resilience of youth to adapt to the impact of climate change is a significant development challenge faced by policymakers in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Climate Change is already impacting negatively on youth and their communities, their enterprises and their overall wellbeing, …
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Transforming education in an era of climate change. From economic growth to degrowth discourses and cases of eco-logical practices in education.
… explores socio-ecological transitions in education that seek to problematise mainstream ‘growthmanship’, or, put simply, economic growth policy discourse in education. Building on a growing literature stemming mainly from ecological economists, as well as social and climate scientists on …
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Nature connection: An educational outcome for a sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand
… crisis that requires transformational change. Such a change requires a paradigm shift of the cultural belief and value systems which drive our interactions and relationships with the material world. The global spread of the dominant social paradigm through Westernisation has been …
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Impact of Climate Change on Career Pathway Choices of Youth in Nepal
This study explores how climate change influences the decision-making processes regarding career pathways of undergraduate students enrolled in agricultural science degree programs at Gauradaha Agriculture Campus, Nepal. Using a qualitative approach, 14 participants were interviewed to understand …
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Teacher identity, activism, and empowerment: Entanglements with climate in Aotearoa, New Zealand
… anthropogenic impacts on the coupled systems of climate, ocean chemistry, ecology, and society. Education could bring about the fundamental change in human behaviour required to avert the potential dystopian futures predicted by climate scientists. By applying a DeleuzoGuattarian analytical and …
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Exhibiting Climate Change: An Examination of the Thresholds of Arts-Sciences Collaborations in the Context of Learning for a Sustainable Future
… public pedagogy about a sustainable response to climate change. The dissertation is an in-depth case study of a civil society group called Cape Farewell that is organizing collaborations between contemporary artists and climate scientists. Since 2003, Cape Farewell has been leading expeditions to …
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California and Texas Secondary Science Teachers' Perceptions about climate change
Background: Science teachers’ perceptions about climate change can affect their instruction in the classroom. Teachers’ misconceptions about this topic can be problematic since scientifically inaccurate ideas may be transferred to their students. Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate …