Analysis of Climate Change Education (CCE) Programs: Focusing on Cultivating Citizen Activists to Respond to Climate Change

Abstract Climate change education (CCE) programs should foster citizen response to climate change by integrating knowledge/skill development with reflection on the need for actively changing current social systems and personal actions. An analytical framework was developed to examine 16 Korean and international CCE programs to identify (1) structure and content and (2) to categorize action-emphasized climate change education (AECCE) programs. Results show most CCE programs are for elementary levels and place emphasis on knowledge/skill development, but not on action. AECCE categorized programs were less structured, included more reflexive activities, and promoted more action. Korean AECCE programs offered online content and promoted action at the personal level. International AECCE programs balanced online/real-life content and promoted more action at the socio-political level. AECCE programs need to foster values/attitudes and to promote participation and action at all grade levels, should balance potential and practical components, and target both personal and socio-political levels of action.

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Managing uncertainty in healthcare interpreter-mediated interaction

Communication & Medicine ◽

10.1558/cam.38677 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 150-164

Author(s):

Claudio Baraldi ◽

Laura Gavioli

Keyword(s):

Systems Theory ◽

Conversation Analysis ◽

Social Systems ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Social Systems Theory ◽

Intercultural Mediators ◽

Or History

This paper analyses healthcare interactions involving doctors, migrant patients and ‘intercultural mediators’ who provide interpreting services. Our study is based on a collection of 300 interactions involving two language pairs, Arabic–Italian and English–Italian. The analytical framework includes conversation analysis combined with insights from social systems theory. We look at question-answer sequences, where (1) the doctors ask questions about patients’ problems or history, (2) the doctors’ questions are responded to and (3) the doctor closes the sequence, moving on to another question. We analyse the ways in which mediators help doctors design questions for patients and patients understand and eventually respond to the doctors’ design. While the doctor’s question design aims at obtaining details which are relevant for the patients’ care, it is argued that collecting such details involves complex interactional work. In particular, doctors need help in displaying their attention to their patients’ problems and in guiding patients’ responses into medically relevant directions. Likewise, patients need help in reacting appropriately. Mediators help manage communicative uncertainty both by showing the doctor’s interest in what the patient says, and by exploring and rendering the patient’s incomplete, extended and ambiguous answers to the doctor’s questions.

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Practical Research: Sound Practices in Climate Change Education

Science Scope ◽

10.2505/4/ss19_042_06_104 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 042 (06) ◽

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Education ◽

Practical Research

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Cultural Legitimacy of Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: An Analytical Framework

Carbon & Climate Law Review ◽

10.21552/cclr/2011/3/187 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 308-320

Author(s):

O. Fagbohun

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Adaptation To Climate Change ◽

Mitigation And Adaptation ◽

Cultural Legitimacy

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Climate Change, Public Insecurity and Law: Conflicts Over Water Resources in the Brazilian Context

Environmental Policy and Law ◽

10.3233/epl-201040 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Fernanda Dalla Libera Damacena

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Water Resources ◽

Social Systems ◽

Public Security ◽

Social Stability ◽

Environmental Conflicts ◽

State Initiative ◽

Systemic Risks ◽

Culture Of Peace ◽

Triggering Factor

The article examines to what extent the adverse effects of climate change can be considered triggering factors of public insecurity. Against this background, it explores the growing environmental conflicts involving water resources in Brazil, including the Amazon region. In addition to the introduction and conclusion, the paper is structured around three topics. The first one outlines how the concept of public security has evolved to the present state, in which climate change is taken into account. Next, climate change is discussed as a factor that magnifies vulnerabilities, an argument supported by a discussion of historical events. The third topic highlights the main threats, vulnerabilities and conflicts involving water resources in Brazil, taking a scientific view of systemic risks and precaution. Finally, we propose rethinking the concept of public security in Brazil from a perspective of parameters involving regulations, principles and state initiative. The article suggests that the immediate and future effects of climate change do have a profound impact on social systems and on the environment, and may be a triggering factor of public insecurity. If institutions and governments do not address existing effects, and invest in adaptations to meet future scientific forecasts on climate change, social stability and the development of a culture of peace will be less likely in Brazil. A fundamental step in this process is the reformulation of the conventional concept of public security in the Brazilian legislation, in order to expressly incorporate the variable of climate security among its stated objectives. In addition, we point out a set of actions and principles with the potentital to promote not only adaptation and resilience, but also contribute to building peace. In terms of methodology, the study is descriptive, exploratory, legislative, bibliographical and documentary.

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