Using Emoticons to Encourage Students to Recycle

Autor/inn/en	Meng, Matthew D.; Trudel, Remi
Titel	Using Emoticons to Encourage Students to Recycle
Quelle	In: Journal of Environmental Education, 48 (2017) 3, S.196-204 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Meng, Matthew D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-8964
DOI	10.1080/00958964.2017.1281212
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Recycling; Teaching Methods; Elementary School Students; Visual Stimuli; College Students; Behavior Change; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Collegestudent
Abstract	Uncovering inexpensive, simple techniques to encourage students to act in a pro-environmental manner is of critical importance. Through a four-week field study at a large, environmentally focused elementary school, it was found that placing negatively valenced emoticons (i.e., red frowny faces) on trash cans increased the proportion of recycled material from 22% to 44%. Subsequently, through a controlled laboratory study at a recognized "green" university, it was found that the negatively valenced emoticon increased the percentage of students who recycled their provided paper from 46% to 62%. Therefore, using emoticons as a complement to existing environmental education may be an easily implementable technique to positively change the recycling behavior of both older and younger students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01