Effective Education and Communication Strategies to Promote Environmental Engagement

Autor/inn/en	Zaval, Lisa; Cornwell, James F. M.
Titel	Effective Education and Communication Strategies to Promote Environmental Engagement
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 52 (2017) 4, S.477-486 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/ejed.12252
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Environmental Education; Communication Strategies; Communication (Thought Transfer); Persuasive Discourse; Social Psychology; Decision Making; Partnerships in Education; Climate; Change; Educational Strategies; Educational Policy; Barriers; Conservation (Environment); Social Influences; Behavioral Science Research; Intervention; Energy Conservation; Behavior Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Kommunikationsstrategie; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Sozialpsychologie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Klima; Wandel; Lehrstrategie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Sozialer Einfluss; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung
Abstract	Communicators of climate science seek ways to better educate and motivate individuals to personally commit to sustainable, energy-saving activities. However, critical psychological and social barriers to conservation make this task challenging. Behavioural scientists are well aware of the difficulties that individuals and groups have in responding effectively to information surrounding climate change and have used these insights to develop a number of techniques to aid in persuading people of the importance of the issue and motivating adaptive behavioural responses. This article consolidates research findings from behavioural economics, decision science, and social psychology to explore key insights and evidence around effective climate change education strategies aimed at enhancing conservation behaviours, including analyses of cognitive bias, social influences, values, and communication strategies. In addition, we note international, academic-private partnerships that have used interventions suggested by behavioural science to dramatic effects. We conclude by addressing implications for policymakers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01