Promoting Pro-Environmental Behaviour in a Community in Singapore -- from Raising Awareness to Behavioural Change

Autor/inn/en	Wi, Andy; Chang, Chew-Hung
Titel	Promoting Pro-Environmental Behaviour in a Community in Singapore -- from Raising Awareness to Behavioural Change
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 25 (2019) 7, S.1019-1037 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wi, Andy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2018.1528496
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Climate; Ecology; Environmental Education; Transformative Learning; Knowledge Level; Skill Development; Values; Decision Making; Attitudes; Conservation (Environment); Community Education; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Klima; Ökologie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Pädagogische Transformation; Wissensbasis; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Wertbegriff; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Singapur
Abstract	Despite heightened awareness about climate change, individuals remain rather indifferent to the issue. The reasons being that many public education programmes rely essentially on information dissemination and do not help individuals understand the given information. The authors believe that there is potential of environmental education for understanding and promoting pro-environmental behaviour. The proposed transformative education for climate change (TrEC) programme focuses on three elements (knowledge, skills and values) to help individuals understand environmental issues and to empower them to take pro-environmental action. This mixed method study was conducted in collaboration with various government agencies and 173 residents in a housing estate in Singapore. The findings suggest that with better understanding (knowledge) about the climate change issue, individuals can make informed decisions (attitude) and be encouraged to adopt pro-environmental behaviour (action). (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01