Turkish School Students and Global Warming: Beliefs and Willingness to Act

Autor/inn/en	Kilinc, Ahmet; Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin
Titel	Turkish School Students and Global Warming: Beliefs and Willingness to Act
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 7 (2011) 2, S.121-134 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Climate; Beliefs; Questionnaires; Readiness; Schematic Studies; Foreign Countries; Energy Conservation; Conservation (Environment); Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; Role of Education; Middle School Students; Familiarity; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Klima; Belief; Glaube; Fragebogen; Schematheorie; Ausland; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsauftrag; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Türkei
Abstract	One aim of environmental education is to persuade people to act in more pro-environmental ways. However, there is not a linear relationship between environmental knowledge "in general" and a willingness to act pro-environmentally. This research explores, using a specially-devised questionnaire, Turkish school students' beliefs about the benefits of "specific" actions for reducing global warming (their "Believed Usefulness of Action"), their readiness to adopt them (their "Degree of Willingness to Act"), and the relationships between these. Students appear willing to take certain actions such as switching off un-used electrical items, but unwilling to undertake other actions such as increasing their use of public transport. Planting more trees was thought to be the most useful action, whereas few students appreciated the role that buying fewer new consumables might play. A novel index, the "Potential Effectiveness of Education", was constructed to quantify the relationships between these two parameters for specific actions. For some actions, such as purchasing fewer new goods, there were stronger relationships between a belief in the effectiveness of an action in reducing global warming and the willingness to undertake it. Teaching about the benefits of such actions might be effective in terms of encouraging individuals to adopt them. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10