Indian Secondary Students' Views about Global Warming: Beliefs about the Usefulness of Actions and Willingness to Act

Autor/inn/en	Chhokar, Kiran; Dua, Shweta; Taylor, Neil; Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin
Titel	Indian Secondary Students' Views about Global Warming: Beliefs about the Usefulness of Actions and Willingness to Act
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 9 (2011) 5, S.1167-1188 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-010-9254-z
Schlagwörter	Indians; Student Attitudes; Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; Grade 6; Climate; Surveys; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; English; Comparative Analysis; Environmental Education; Australia; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inder; Schülerverhalten; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Klima; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; English language; Englisch; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Australien; Spanien
Abstract	A 44-item survey instrument was designed to determine secondary students' views about how useful various specific actions related to reducing global warming might be, their willingness to undertake these various actions and the extent to which these 2 might be linked. The instrument was administered to students in grades 6-10 (n = 768) from 4 large schools in metropolitan Delhi, India in which the teaching language was English. The findings indicated that this cohort of Indian students exhibited high levels of concern about climate change and strong willingness to act against global warming and in favour of the environment. The findings are tentatively compared with those from 2 similar survey studies conducted in Western contexts (Spain and Australia). (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10