P. I. Kamil, Harry Susianto, D. Purwandana, Achmad Ariefiandy
{"title":"Anthropomorphic and factual approaches in Komodo dragon conservation awareness program for elementary school students: Initial study","authors":"P. I. Kamil, Harry Susianto, D. Purwandana, Achmad Ariefiandy","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1582374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1582374","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Increasing wildlife awareness is a commonly used approach in community conservations programs. However, in Indonesia, this approach has rarely been quantitatively evaluated for its effectiveness. In North Flores, we carried out a short Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) conservation awareness program for elementary school students. The program used a mixed communication approach combining an anthropomorphic storybook and factual information about Komodo behavior delivered through a presentation and a video. The results from this initial study showed that the program had improved students’ knowledge of Komodo dragon biology and conservation efforts.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"7 1","pages":"225 - 237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89037665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brittany A. Bondi, Salma Monani, S. Principato, Christopher P. Barlett
{"title":"Examining the impact of climate change film as an educational tool","authors":"Brittany A. Bondi, Salma Monani, S. Principato, Christopher P. Barlett","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1780997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1780997","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Purpose The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of film in communicating issues related to climate change. While previous studies demonstrate an immediate effect of a film post-screening, this study also considered if a film can inspire long-term effects, and if supplemental educational information plays a role on participant understanding. Design/methodology/approach Using surveys, we assessed undergraduate students’ climate change responses pre-, immediately-post, and 9-weeks post watching the climate change documentary The Human Element (Prod. Earth Vision Institute, 2018). In the 9-week interim before the final survey, half of the participants received weekly information on climate change via a custom website, while the other half served as a control. Nonparametric statistical tests were completed in SPSS to determine significant changes across all three surveys. Findings Friedman tests and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests demonstrate statistically significant self-reported impacts on climate change responses such as of motivation, concern, and understanding immediately post-screening. At 9-weeks, 3 × 2 Mixed ANOVAs demonstrate that the group that received the website reported statistically significantly higher understanding than those in the control group. However, the website has no statistically significant effect on other responses like motivation and concern. Originality/value These results highlight the important power of film’s visual appeals in framing climate change. We also show that there is a long term effect of film on participant understanding. The study also prompts questions about current models of climate change education, which emphasize objective understanding, often without viable support structures to help students’ concern and motivation to act.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"33 1","pages":"221 - 237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78659701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrés Camou-Guerrero, Armando Rodríguez Sánchez, I. Ruiz‐Mallén, A. Estrada-Torres, Margarita Martínez Gómez
{"title":"Assessing the impact of a science communication program in La Malinche National Park, Tlaxcala, Mexico","authors":"Andrés Camou-Guerrero, Armando Rodríguez Sánchez, I. Ruiz‐Mallén, A. Estrada-Torres, Margarita Martínez Gómez","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1754966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1754966","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article analyzes the knowledge and attitudes of high school students regarding the temperate mountain forest of La Malinche National Park, Tlaxcala, Mexico, before and after the implementation of the science communication program called “Los Tesoros de La Malinche” (The Treasures of La Malinche). The assessment included drawings, open questions, closed questions and Likert scale, and it was applied to 56 high school students (36 girls and 20 boys) from an urban school (29) in Mexico City and a rural school (27) located at the village of Ixtenco, Tlaxcala. The results showed that the development of the “Los Tesoros de La Malinche” program increased students’ knowledge and awareness of biodiversity within the National Park. The program also reinforced positive attitudes toward biodiversity conservation at both local and global scales.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"35 1","pages":"184 - 201"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82061723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating impacts of a wetland field trip: a case study with urban middle school students","authors":"K. S. Hoover","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1754967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1754967","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As societies search for ways to deal with increasing environmental issues due to human impacts, the urgency increases for public schools to produce graduates who are environmentally literate and thus equipped to deal with the environmental issues that will face upcoming generations. This research presents a case study that examines the impact of a wetland field trip on the connection to nature, environmental attitudes, and environmental knowledge of a group of 26 urban middle school students. The results show a statistically significant increase in student environmental knowledge. Although quantitative data does not indicate significant changes in connection to nature or environmental attitudes, student statements reveal that the students were highly engaged by the experience and it likely had a meaningful impact on their thinking about water use and water conservation.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"34 1","pages":"203 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79655779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Not a priority: Barriers to environmental reporting in the Republic of Georgia","authors":"Eric M. Freedman","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1749732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1749732","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite major ecological challenges and a pluralistic, partly free press system, news organizations in the Republic of Georgia generally provide little environmental coverage to their audiences. Interviews with journalists, media experts, and eco-NGO leaders identified four major reasons for the sparsity of coverage: shortcomings of journalists and news organizations; access to information and news sources; lack of priority; and lack of public demand.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"18 1","pages":"166 - 183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90706879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges and prospects to the integration of ocean education into high school science courses in Nova Scotia","authors":"Kerri McPherson, T. Wright, P. Tyedmers","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2018.1533439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2018.1533439","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Ocean education can potentially improve understanding and engage individuals to act sustainably. Within Canada, a country bordered by three oceans with vast ocean resources, there is no formal mandate to teach ocean literacy within the school system. The ocean impacts the economy, culture, and ecology of Nova Scotia. This study examines, through semi-structured interviews, the challenges experienced by high school science teachers to the integration of ocean education into science courses. Results from this study indicate that despite placing value on the ocean the main challenges teachers incurred were limited background knowledge, lack of resources, curriculum outcomes, and time constraints.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"56 1","pages":"129 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89484413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Focus wildlife park: Outdoor learning at workstations for primary school children","authors":"Sabine Glaab, Thomas Heyne","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2018.1554461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2018.1554461","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A total of 268 primary school children (age 8.75 ± 0.65) spent one day at a wildlife park attending environmental education aiming at high cognitive achievement and motivation alongside maintained discipline. To accomplish this at an out-of-school learning setting, we compared our preferred ‘guided learning at workstations’ (G) combining the advantages of instructional and constructivist characteristics to a strong teacher-centered (T) and student-centered (S) approach also following workstations. We found higher knowledge values in the approaches with didactic leaders (T and G) while situational emotions did not differ between approaches. Results and implications are discussed in the context of environmental outdoor education.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"19 1","pages":"141 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79334674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Duxbury, K. Bradshaw, S. Khamanga, R. Tandlich, Sunitha C. Srinivas
{"title":"Environmental health promotion at a National Science Festival: An experiential-education based approach","authors":"T. Duxbury, K. Bradshaw, S. Khamanga, R. Tandlich, Sunitha C. Srinivas","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1567406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1567406","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract To increase individual and communal environmental health awareness through an experiential-education project. A computer-based pre- and postintervention quiz; an educational poster; an interactive board game; and a take-home information leaflet were utilized for a school learners-centered health promotion exhibit at a National Science Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa. Out of all the participants, 55.7% were female, and 76.5% attended or had attended a government school. Participants showed significant improvement in their pre- and posteducational intervention. The exhibit was effective in educating participants on environmental health, natural resources, and the impact environmental pollution has on their quality of life.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"59 12 1","pages":"155 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83563009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prioritizing the teaching methods of ESD using an integrated fuzzy entropy–SAW algorithm (case study: technical and vocational schools)","authors":"Fatemeh Ghassami, Elham Yousefi, E. Salehi","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1581113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1581113","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The current environmental crisis has mainly a human-induced origin. In this regard, technical and vocational (T&V) graduates have an important role in the optimal use of environment and resources. Therefore, this research intends to find the best teaching method of education for sustainable development (ESD) in order to improve the behavior of those graduates toward the environment. For this purpose, the fuzzy entropy method was used to introduce and weight the sustainable development competency criteria of the T&V graduates. Then, the teaching methods were prioritized by applying a fuzzy Simple Additive Weighted (SAW) model. According to the results of the present paper, performance-based learning was the most appropriate method of ESD.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"205 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88441778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peni Hausia Havea, Amelia Siga, Titilia Rabuatoka, Apenisa Tagivetaua Tamani, P. Devi, Ruci Senikula, S. Hemstock, Hélène Jacot Des Combes
{"title":"Using vocational education to support development solutions in the Pacific: An emphasis on climate change and health","authors":"Peni Hausia Havea, Amelia Siga, Titilia Rabuatoka, Apenisa Tagivetaua Tamani, P. Devi, Ruci Senikula, S. Hemstock, Hélène Jacot Des Combes","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2019.1569571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2019.1569571","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this article , author(s) reported on the results of the EU PacTVET project, which explored the use of TVET to support resilience in the region with an emphasis on climate change and health. An exploratory design was used to investigate how vocational education supports solutions for climate change and health. The results showed that vocational education plays a significant role in building safety and resilience of people in the region. Most significantly, getting an accredited qualification on health resilience and/or job in the health sector may help them to respond to climate change effectively and efficiently.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"9 1","pages":"171 - 186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77980921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}