Capacity building for climate change risk management in Africa: Encouraging and enabling research for informed decision-making

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Seipt ◽  
J. Padgham ◽  
J. Kulkarni ◽  
A. Awiti
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Climate Change Risk

scholarly journals Informed-Decision Regarding Global Warming and Climate Change Among High School Students in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Premnadh M. Kurup ◽  
Ralph Levinson ◽  
Xia Li
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
High School ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Real

AbstractGlobal warming and climate change are serious issues facing humanity at present and education needs to focus on including informed-decision in classroom practices. The conceptual framework used in this study has provided interconnections that influence beliefs and understandings in providing a knowledge base for making “informed-decision” among high school students. This study was conducted in three year 9 classes in two high schools in the UK and among 65 students. An inquiry intervention model was developed using the 5E instructional model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) to identify beliefs and understanding and to strengthen students’ knowledge base. This study used a design-based research setting and utilised a mixed methodology. The Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were computed to examine the pre-post-difference among questionnaire items, and structural equation modelling (SEM) was utilised to explore the relationship between belief, understanding, and intention. Data analysis of the intervention revealed that students developed a strong understanding of the causes and effects of global warming. There is evidence that students used that knowledge to “inform-decision” in relation to global warming and climate change. Promoting informed decision-making through science teaching can encourage responsible action in the future. The real gap identified in this study is that the regular school curriculum does not engage socio-scientific issues in the real world and has no opportunity to organise an inquiry-based instructional sequence for informed decision-making.

scholarly journals Minimising risks to the researcher in post-war zones

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanayakkara Saminda Gunasinghe ◽  
Richard Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Risk Awareness ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
War Zones ◽  
Post War ◽  
Inherent Part

<p>Doing fieldwork is probably the most rewarding task for researchers despite the risks that are involved. However, it can remain a daunting task for researchers to carry out fieldwork, even though they have some risk awareness. It is now accepted that the risks posed to researchers are multi-dimensional as such warrants proactive risk management and forms part of the research process itself. As researchers continue to carry out fieldwork in dangerous environments, and the dangers they face become an inherent part of fieldwork which result in a need to review these arrangements in the light of researcher experience. The article will explore risked informed decision-making and individual-institutional boundary responsibilities of assessing and managing risks at the pre-fieldwork stage and during fieldwork.</p>

scholarly journals Minimising risks to the researcher in post-war zones

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanayakkara Saminda Gunasinghe ◽  
Richard Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Risk Awareness ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
War Zones ◽  
Post War ◽  
Inherent Part

<p>Doing fieldwork is probably the most rewarding task for researchers despite the risks that are involved. However, it can remain a daunting task for researchers to carry out fieldwork, even though they have some risk awareness. It is now accepted that the risks posed to researchers are multi-dimensional as such warrants proactive risk management and forms part of the research process itself. As researchers continue to carry out fieldwork in dangerous environments, and the dangers they face become an inherent part of fieldwork which result in a need to review these arrangements in the light of researcher experience. The article will explore risked informed decision-making and individual-institutional boundary responsibilities of assessing and managing risks at the pre-fieldwork stage and during fieldwork.</p>

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