Climate change education in school: knowledge, behavior and attitude

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-670
Author(s):  
Vanessa Tibola da Rocha ◽  
Luciana Londero Brandli ◽  
Rosa Maria Locatelli Kalil
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Post Test ◽  
South Of Brazil ◽  
Experience Of Inclusion ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Global Agenda

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an experience of inclusion of the theme “climate change” in a Brazilian public school through training conducted with teachers. Design/methodology/approach The methodology was based on three specific phases: reflection, focusing on the application of a pretest with 45 questions directed to three domains (knowledge, attitude and behavior); climate change education (CCE) training; and application of a post-test and action, regarding the insertion in the school space. Findings The survey results highlight the difficulty teachers have in understanding and applying CCE in the classroom and it underscores the importance of this approach. Research limitations/implications The research approach is related to a specific case in a school located in south of Brazil. Although the school has its own context, the reported experience can be considered elsewhere. Practical implications This case study reinforces that CCE presents broad challenges for the scientific community. For the reason that the understanding of the topic (CCE) is complex, considering the global context and the divergent opinions on the subject. Social implications The paper reinforces that for today’s society, sustainable development is no longer a choice but a necessity, underpinned by global Agenda 2030 discussions. In this context, teachers are essential to the transformation toward a better future. Originality/value The difficulties and facilities encountered during the experience serve to enhance new actions at national or even global level, respecting each new context of study and insertion of research directed to the theme – CCE.

Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards climate change education (CCE) among lower secondary teachers in Tehran, Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (03) ◽  
pp. 402-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaho Karami ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri ◽  
Hamidreza Jafari ◽  
Hamidreza Jafari
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Female Subjects

Purpose Teachers can be regarded as key figures in climate change education (CCE). Therefore, the purpose of this study is assessment of Iranian lower secondary teachers? level of knowledge, attitudes and practices toward CCE in a less-touched-upon context. Design/methodology/approach The present study used a cross-sectional survey design, which used a specially designed questionnaire administered in ten high schools (five boys’ and five girls’ lower secondary schools). A sample of 108 lower secondary school teachers was selected through a multistage stratified random sampling technique. The gender structure of the sample was 48.1 per cent male and 51.9 per cent female subjects. To determine the status of teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices, the obtained quantitative data were classified into three categories on a scale of 100 per cent: good status (more than 75 per cent), moderate status (50-75 per cent) and weak status (less than 50 per cent). Findings The findings revealed that the involved teachers were equipped with an appropriate knowledge, i.e. 22.2 per cent good and 52.8 per cent moderate levels of knowledge. Furthermore, the subjects’ level of attitude was moderate (44.5 per cent); however, their level of practice was weak (52.8 per cent). In terms of gender, male subjects’ knowledge and attitude levels were higher than those of female subjects. However, female subjects reported higher levels of practice in comparison with male subjects. Overall, the results of this study highlighted the necessity of improving lower secondary teachers’ CCE in general and of the level of their attitudes and practices in particular. Originality/value The present study sheds more light on the change management and environmental education within the Iranian context. The results of this study accentuate the necessity of presenting more CCE programs for teachers. Furthermore, curriculum planners can take advantage of the obtained results to carry out curriculum reforms.

The impact of climate change on the Mpumalanga Provincial Archives and records management activities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of climate change on South Africa’s Mpumalanga Provincial Archives (MPA) and related records management activities. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach/method was used to collect data from the source, including purposive sampling and expert knowledge solicited through semi-structured interviews. A review was undertaken to source climate data and related archival sector literature. Findings Recent extreme weather events in Mpumalanga seem to bear out climate change projections. The current absence of relevant strategies and plans implies that the MPA and provincial departments are not yet prepared for emergencies. The lack of a plan, an implementation strategy and related training may increase the impact of disasters on the provincial archives’ environment. Without disaster plans and robust preparedness, the question of how the MPA is going to preserve archives for future generations is raised. In addition, due to a lack of guidance for registry staff, appraisal is not allowing for identification and processing of archival materials, so combined with a lack of disaster management strategies and plans contributes to the loss of archives. Research limitations/implications This research is limited to the MPA; however, the findings may be extended to other South Africa provincial archives and parts of the world experiencing similar issues. Practical implications When archivists accept holdings into their repositories, they take the responsibility for their archival custody. But, these efforts may come to nothing if the archives are lost. Disaster management is the key to the protection of the archives. This study evaluated the present and future consequences of climate change impacts by assessing the risk to Mpumalanga archives by climate change-related floods. Social implications There is a need to conduct similar research on a larger scale so as to explore the impact of climate change in other provincial archives to provide a wider context of the problem within South Africa. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of climate change on archives. The results achieved should be seen as a first step towards identification of the issue.

The relationship between business ethics diffusion, knowledge sharing and service innovation

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1343-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-fong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The Taiwan Strait ◽  
And Behavior

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider business ethics as a concept and behavior that is worthy of attracting more proponents, and to explore how the diffusion of business ethics can effectively promote service innovation in an organization. Design/methodology/approach – This study applies a quantitative research approach to 357 businesses in the travel and tourism industry on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Findings – The results reveal that the increased visibility of business ethics activities in an organization strengthens its ability to display service innovation, with the condition that knowledge sharing actively occurs as the mediating variable. Originality/value – This study proposes a business ethics diffusion model that is advantageous for industries seeking innovations in service provision.

scholarly journals Linking disaster risk reduction, climate change, and the sustainable development goals

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan Kelman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better link the parallel processes yielding international agreements on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores how the Paris Agreement for climate change relates to disaster risk reduction and sustainable development, demonstrating too much separation amongst the topics. A resolution is provided through placing climate change within wider disaster risk reduction and sustainable development contexts. Findings No reason exists for climate change to be separated from wider disaster risk reduction and sustainable development processes. Research limitations/implications Based on the research, a conceptual approach for policy and practice is provided. Due to entrenched territory, the research approach is unlikely to be implemented. Originality/value Using a scientific basis to propose an ending for the silos separating international processes for climate change, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development.

Power on environmental emotions and behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Speckemeier ◽  
Dimitrios Tsivrikos
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Environmental Advocacy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Change Communication ◽  
And Behavior

Purpose The purpose of this study is to reveal indications of effective climate change communication through presenters holding powerful positions. This study aims to achieve this by examining how people perceive emotional campaigns on climate change and to what extent they ultimately perform actions to achieve adequate responses to environmental hazards and protection. Design/methodology/approach This study measured environmental behavior directly through donations to environmental charities in two experimental conditions (i.e. top-down vs same-level communication). Environmental emotions were measured via pride and guilt levels about their own country’s environmental actions. Findings Powerful individuals appeal to those people who are usually less driven to behave sustainably, and thus induce guilt regardless of the participant’s environmental identity. Conversely, powerful speakers did not succeed in addressing low identity participants using positive emotions. In fact, high power results in even lower pride levels, indicating a potentially adverse effect of power. Research limitations/implications While this paper successfully used an organizational leader as a powerful individual, it would be a fruitful avenue to use the experimental framework and examine different presenters (such as politicians, non-governmental organization leaders or scientific experts) who embody environmental advocacy. Practical implications The results on top-down communication are intended to add to the understanding of emotional power in environmental contexts and help policy-makers to foster environmental advocacy using emotion-inducing campaigns. Originality/value The study is among the first to examine and elucidate the circumstances under which powerful individuals can encourage pro-environmental behavior. This study provides evidence that power can be a useful tool to appeal to those people who are usually less driven to behave sustainably. However, this paper also found that power does not increase emotions and behavior per se.

Applying the ESD approach in textile and apparel education

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Abner ◽  
Fatma Baytar ◽  
David Kreiner
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Products ◽  
The Body ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Textile And Apparel ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Purpose The purpose of this study was to provide more information about the effectiveness of the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) approach in textiles and apparel by applying it to a semester-long sustainability course. Design/methodology/approach A University-level course was re-designed using the ESD concepts. The course was taught from a consumer viewpoint using the product lifecycle as a focus, so the information was applicable to students’ lives and multiple consumer products. Quantitative results of a pre- and post-test taken by students measured changes in knowledge, attitudes and behavior related to sustainability. Qualitative data from open-ended questions collected student feedback on instructional strategies. Findings A significant change in knowledge and attitudes were observed on the post-test. Students perceived assignments that required critical thinking, research and related to their lives as the most beneficial. Practical implications The ESD approach changed student knowledge and attitudes to be more sustainable. Assignments that included real world examples had the most impact on pro-environmental attitudes and support the use of a student-centered pedagogy. Originality/value This study is based on a semester-long sustainability course designed with ESD, while many existing studies are based on a single intervention or lesson. The results of this study add to the body of ESD literature in the textile and apparel area and are applicable to other disciplines.

Building a better workforce

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Claire Douglas-Lenders ◽  
Peter Jeffrey Holland ◽  
Belinda Allen
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Skills Transfer ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Learning ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of experiential simulation-based learning of employee self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach The research approach is an exploratory case study of a group of trainees from the same organisation. Using a quasi-experiment, one group, pre-test-post-test design (Tharenou et al., 2007), a questionnaire with validated scales at Time 1 (T1) prior to training and Time (T2) three months after training were used. All scales had been validated by the researchers and had acceptable levels of reliability. In addition interviews are undertaken with the participants immediately at the end of the programme. Findings The research found strong evidence of the positive impact of the training on skills transfer to the workplace with support from supervisors as key criteria. Research limitations/implications There remains a need for additional studies with larger and more diverse samples and studies which incorporate control groups into their design. Practical implications This study provided support for the transfer of knowledge using simulation-based training and advances our limited knowledge and understanding of simulation-based training as a form of experiential (management) learning and development. Originality/value This is the first study to undertake a longitudinal analysis of the impact on self-efficacy in the workplace and as such adds to the research in this field.

scholarly journals Migrants’ remittances

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-196
Author(s):  
Issah Justice Musah-Surugu ◽  
Albert Ahenkan ◽  
Justice Nyigmah Bawole ◽  
Samuel Antwi Darkwah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Infrastructure ◽  
Money Transfers ◽  
The Right

Purpose The much-trumpeted Green Climate Fund and several other official financial mechanisms for financing adaptation to climate change under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change have fallen short in meeting adaptation needs. Many poorer people are still grappling with the scourge of climate change impacts. Consequently, there has been a dominant research focus on climate change financing emanating from official development assistance (ODA), Adaptation Fund, public expenditure and private sector support. However, there has been little attempt to examine how migrants’ remittances can close adaptation financing gaps at the local level, ostensibly creating a large research gap. This paper aims to argue that migrants’ remittances provide a unique complementary opportunity for financing adaptation and have a wider impact on those who are extremely vulnerable to climate change. Design/methodology/approach The paper is aligned to the qualitative research approach. Both secondary and primary data acquired through interviews and focus group discussions were used for the study. Multiple sampling methods were also used to select the respondents. Findings The findings show that remittances are used to finance both incremental costs of households’ infrastructure and consumption needs, as well as additional investment needs to be occasioned by ongoing or expected changes in climate. Originality/value In the wake of dwindling government/public revenue, ODA and poor commitment of Annex II countries to fulfil their financial obligations, the study makes the following recommendations: First, the financial infrastructure underpinning money transfers in both sending and recipient countries should be improved to make transfers attractive. Second, significant steps should be taken to reduce the fees on remittance services, especially for the small transfers typically made by poor migrants. Finally, adequate climatic information should be made available to local people to ensure that remittances are applied to the right adaptation option to avoid maladaptation.

scholarly journals The effect of type of company doing home delivery during a pandemic on consumers' quality perceptions and behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Movarrei ◽  
Sara Rezaee Vessal ◽  
Saeedeh Rezaee Vessal ◽  
Jaakko Aspara
Keyword(s):  
Home Delivery ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hygienic Quality ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Delivery Services ◽  
Strategic Variable ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Behavior

PurposeIn the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers increasingly opt for, or are forced to, use home delivery services. The authors study retailers' decisions regarding “delivery mode”, which is about outsourcing (vs. insourcing) the delivery service to a traditional delivery company or an unbranded carrier and its effects on consumers' perceived overall quality, perceived hygienic quality, and subsequently, willingness to stay with the firm beyond the pandemic.Design/methodology/approachA pre-test, an experiment and a post-test were conducted with participants from the UK (Total N = 380).FindingsThe results of this study show that (1) in a pandemic, perceived hygienic quality overshadows perceived service quality as a key determinant of consumers' choices, and (2) while consumers have a relatively negative view of the hygienic level of unbranded carriers, they do not differentiate between traditional delivery carriers and retailer-branded carriers. Thus, they are equally interested in using the services of the latter ones.Originality/valueThis study shows that during a health crisis, consumers change their hierarchy of motivations to reflect the new protection motivations. The authors usher perceived hygienic quality as a variable that should be seriously considered as both a tactical and a strategic variable affecting the attractiveness of alternative home delivery methods and consumers' intentions to continue using them after the pandemic.

scholarly journals Physical and climate change-related risk identification in valuation practice: an Australian perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Warren-Myers ◽  
Lucy Cradduck
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Climate Risks ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
Physical Risk

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to investigate Australian property valuers' identification and consideration of physical risks to properties in valuation practice. The research further explores valuers' considerations of climate change-related risks.Design/methodology/approachThe research approach comprised an online survey of Australian valuers who were members of the Australian Property Institute. The online survey included structured and unstructured questions to explore types and extent of risk investigations in valuation practice.FindingsThe analysis reflects that while valuers easily identified and engaged with physical risks, there is a lack of understanding of, and engagement with, climate change risks. This supports the need for better information sources and guidance to inform valuers of climate change risks per se, as well as the development of specific mechanisms for consideration of such risks to be included in valuation processes, practices and reports.Research limitations/implicationsThe research is limited by the small sample size achieved due to the timing of the survey deployment, which occurred during the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia. Thus, the findings are not necessarily representative of the Australian valuation profession, but they do provide indications of current approaches to risk identification in practice and the need for more guidance in relation to climate change risks.Practical implicationsThis research identifies that more support, guidance, information and tools, as well as awareness-raising, are required to enable valuers to accurately identify all risks affecting a property.Originality/valueThe research provides a snapshot of current understandings of physical risk identification in valuation practice. As investors and other organisations integrate and build up their analysis of climate risks to their portfolios and organisations, this research indicates that valuers also need to be aware of changing market assessment of physical and climate risks associated with property for consideration in valuation.

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