Assessing high-school students’ conceptions of global water consumption and sustainability

Author(s):  
Jens Christian Benninghaus ◽  
Kerstin Kremer ◽  
Sandra Sprenger
Author(s):  
Ricardo Ricelli Pereira de Almeida ◽  
Michel Almeida da Silva ◽  
Diêgo Lima Crispim ◽  
Eclivaneide Caldas de Abreu Carolino ◽  
Érica Cristine Medeiros Machado

<p>A pegada hídrica é uma ferramenta de gestão de recursos hídricos que indica o consumo de água doce com base em seus usos direto e indireto. O uso direto é feito pelo consumidor ou produtor ao utilizar ou elaborar um produto e uso indireto consiste ao longo da cadeia produtiva dos produtos utilizados pelo consumidor ou produtor. Desta forma, tal indicador pode ser utilizado na conscientização e racionalização do consumo de água doce, uma vez que permite aos usuários em geral o entendimento do quanto de água é utilizado na fabricação de produtos ao longo de sua cadeia produtiva. Portanto, os segmentos da sociedade podem quantificar a sua contribuição para os conflitos de uso da água e degradação ambiental nas bacias hidrográficas em todo o mundo. A metodologia utilizada para a realização deste trabalho consistiu na aplicação de questionários, em três escolas pré-selecionadas, com o propósito de avaliar o nível de conscientização dos alunos em relação ao consumo de água. Este trabalho tem como objetivo utilizar o indicador pegada hídrica na conscientização ambiental do uso da água por alunos do ensino médio do município de Pombal – PB, com base no uso de novas tecnologias de estudo do espaço geográfico. Apesar de os alunos da escola menino Jesus apresentar melhor desempenho no consumo e gerenciamento dos recursos hídricos, sua média de acertos foi muito próxima das escolas públicas Monsenhor Vicente Freitas e Arruda Câmara. O valor médio da pegada hídrica nacional é de 1.381 m³/hab/ano e a média global é de 1.240m³/hab/ano, logo percebe-se que a maioria dos bairros obtiveram média abaixo da global e da nacional.</p><p><strong><em>The water footprint and the level environmental consciousness three high school education middle municipality of Pombal-PB</em></strong></p><p><strong>Abstract</strong><strong>: </strong>The water footprint is a water resource management tool that indicates the fresh water consumption based on their direct and indirect uses. The direct use is the use made by the consumer or producer to use or develop a product and indirect use is the use along the supply chain of the products used by the consumer or producer. Thus, such an indicator can be used in awareness and rationalization of consumption of fresh water, as it allows users overall understanding of how much water is used in the manufacture of products throughout its supply chain. Therefore, the segments of society can quantify its contribution to conflicts of water use and environmental degradation in river basins around the world. The methodology used for this work consisted of questionnaires in three pre-selected schools, in order to assess the level of students' awareness of water consumption. This paper aims to use the water footprint indicator on the environmental awareness of water use by high school students in the city of Pombal - PB, based on the use of new study of geographical space technologies. Although the menino Jesus School students perform better in consumption and management of water resources, his batting average was very close to the public schools Monsenhor Vicente Freitas and Arruda camara. The average national water footprint is 1.381 m³ / person / year and the global average is 1.240m³ / person / year, then it is clear that most districts have obtained average below the global and national levels.</p>


1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
Cheri L. Florance ◽  
Judith O’Keefe

A modification of the Paired-Stimuli Parent Program (Florance, 1977) was adapted for the treatment of articulatory errors of visually handicapped children. Blind high school students served as clinical aides. A discussion of treatment methodology, and the results of administrating the program to 32 children, including a two-year follow-up evaluation to measure permanence of behavior change, is presented.


1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Sternberg ◽  
Elena L. Grigorenko ◽  
Michel Ferrari ◽  
Pamela Clinkenbeard

Summary: This article describes a triarchic analysis of an aptitude-treatment interaction in a college-level introductory-psychology course given to selected high-school students. Of the 326 total participants, 199 were selected to be high in analytical, creative, or practical abilities, or in all three abilities, or in none of the three abilities. The selected students were placed in a course that either well matched or did not match their pattern of analytical, creative, and practical abilities. All students were assessed for memory, analytical, creative, and practical achievement. The data showed an aptitude-treatment interaction between students' varied ability patterns and the match or mismatch of these abilities to the different instructional groups.


2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Orgocka ◽  
Jasna Jovanovic

This study examined how social opportunity structure influences identity exploration and commitment of Albanian high school students. A total of 258 students completed a questionnaire that gauged their identity exploration and commitment in three domains: education, occupation, and family. ANOVA results indicated that, overall, students scored highest in exploration in the domain of education and in commitment in the domain of family. Students' exploration and commitment were linked to gender. Albanian female students scored higher than male students in exploration and commitment regarding education and family. Perceived work opportunities in Albania or abroad also significantly moderated participants' exploration in the domain of education and were associated with commitment in education and occupation. As one of the first studies to explore Albanian youth's identity development in relation to social opportunity structure, findings are discussed in light of furthering the field of Albanian adolescent and youth development.


2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffael Heiss ◽  
Jörg Matthes

Abstract. This study investigated the effects of politicians’ nonparticipatory and participatory Facebook posts on young people’s political efficacy – a key determinant of political participation. We employed an experimental design, using a sample of N = 125 high school students (15–20 years). Participants either saw a Facebook profile with no posts (control condition), nonparticipatory posts, or participatory posts. While nonparticipatory posts did not affect participants’ political efficacy, participatory posts exerted distinct effects. For those high in trait evaluations of the politician presented in the stimulus material or low in political cynicism, we found significant positive effects on external and collective efficacy. By contrast, for those low in trait evaluations or high in cynicism, we found significant negative effects on external and collective efficacy. We did not find any effects on internal efficacy. The importance of content-specific factors and individual predispositions in assessing the influence of social media use on participation is discussed.


1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Gladis ◽  
J. L. Michela ◽  
H. J. Walter ◽  
R .D. Vaughan

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