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}
{"title":"Impacts of targeted education programs on the adoption of residential best management practices (BMP) to combat non-point source pollution","authors":"J. Brehm, B. Eisenhauer","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1740117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1740117","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study presents findings from a residential survey that examines education and outreach programs and their impacts on adoption of best management practices (BMPs). Findings indicate that specific exposure to the BMP through a place-based experience facilitated by a local organization (ecology action center—EAC) has a positive effect, but the degree to which such knowledge is transferrable within a watershed without further facilitation remains in question. Future management efforts would benefit from efforts that bring actionable information on BMPs to residents through neighborhood level programs that also incorporate place-based experiences in stimulating homeowners’ adoption of BMPs.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"22 1","pages":"155 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82126353","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":"Facing Climate Change","authors":"J. Valenti","doi":"10.1080/1533015x.2020.1742973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015x.2020.1742973","url":null,"abstract":"Media reports on global climate change impacts now appear daily. According to The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2018, policymakers had only 12 years to ...","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"18 1","pages":"223 - 224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88248358","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}
Andrea Martinez Gonzalez, Tobias Reynolds-Tylus, B. Quick
{"title":"Clustering energy and water conservation behaviors as choices: examining the moderating roles of message elaboration and involvement","authors":"Andrea Martinez Gonzalez, Tobias Reynolds-Tylus, B. Quick","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1740116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1740116","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study provided practical advice for energy and water conservation message design by examining the role of choice provision (a message feature), message elaboration (a situational factor), and issue involvement (an individual factor) on intentions to conserve. The data were collected through an online survey experiment (N = 857). Across topics, message elaboration and involvement were positively associated with intentions. Furthermore, an interaction between message elaboration and involvement was found for both contexts. Choice did not directly affect intentions for either topic, although a 3-way interaction between choice, message elaboration, and involvement was found within the context of water conservation.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"2 1","pages":"139 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88695556","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":"Supporting K-12 teachers in the context of whole-school sustainability: four case studies","authors":"Emily Hurd, A. Ormsby","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1740115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1740115","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We examined practices from whole-school sustainability programs in four U.S. K-12 institutions in the areas of educator values, skills, and support. Based on results from four school visits, 35 interviews, four classroom observations, and four campus tours, this study analyzes ways to support teachers with the implementation of K-12 sustainability education. Results are presented based on the following themes: educator and campus values; educator skills and challenges; and support through professional development. We provide recommendations focusing on initiatives to use the campus environment as a teaching tool, incorporate sustainability in the curriculum, and support sustainability-themed professional development initiatives.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"104 4 1","pages":"303 - 318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77638617","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":"Persuasion: Social Influence and Compliance Gaining; Sixth Edition, by Robert H. Gass and John S. Seiter","authors":"B. A. Day","doi":"10.1080/1533015x.2020.1742974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015x.2020.1742974","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"65 1","pages":"221 - 222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86883705","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":"Place attachment and learning outcomes among tourists who volunteer for a U.S. National Park science volunteer program","authors":"H. Fischer, E. Wentz","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1726840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1726840","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Volunteer science programs are designed to increase public understanding and appreciation of science by creating opportunities for the public to engage in science. This research assesses the impact of Map of Life-Denali on its volunteers. This program calls on park visitors to record wildlife observations while they visit Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. This paper focuses specifically on place attachment and learning outcomes for the volunteers, who are mainly tourists. Results from volunteer surveys show positive volunteer outcomes of the program, with implications for the continuation of this program and the institution of others.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"23 1","pages":"123 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83947113","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":"Group affirmation influences acceptance of environmental risk messages","authors":"Zihan Wang, Laura M. Arpan","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2020.1726232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2020.1726232","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An experiment examined the influence of self-affirmation on individuals’ responses to messages about environmental threats. A new manner of self-affirmation more appropriate for use in the field than traditional approaches was tested. The visual-based manipulation used group-related photographs to affirm participants’ self-integrity before exposure to risk messages. Exposure to group-related visuals was associated with more positive evaluations (perceived message strength) of the messages. In turn, greater perceived message strength predicted greater awareness of consequences associated with harmful environmental behaviors of plastic bag use and energy waste, which predicted greater personal moral norms to reduce those behaviors. The findings suggest visual-based, group-related affirmation could increase acceptance of risk messages.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"10 1","pages":"108 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72815144","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":"Assessing the impact of complimentary wildflower seed packets as an outreach tool for promoting pollinator conservation at a zoo","authors":"K. Kerr, Ashley K. Harricharan","doi":"10.1080/1533015x.2020.1724211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015x.2020.1724211","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Wildflower seeds have been distributed by zoos and other organizations to facilitate native plant gardening and promote pollinator conservation, but the effectiveness of these campaigns has not been formally evaluated. We use Toronto Zoo members as a sample population to assess the efficacy of distributing wildflower seeds versus informative material alone to encourage pollinator gardening habits. Through a post-treatment questionnaire, we found that the majority of recipients planted their seeds and were more likely to read accompanying interpretive material, but did not indicate greater future intentions to create pollinator habitat than those who had just read informative material.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"23 1","pages":"92 - 106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76687686","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":"Unpacking the power of place-based education in climate change communication","authors":"Akriti Khadka, C. Li, S. W. Stanis, M. Morgan","doi":"10.1080/1533015x.2020.1719238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015x.2020.1719238","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Climate change is the one of the most controversial issues in environmental history since natural processes and human activities lead to causation. This complexity often thwarts communication and education efforts. Some research suggests that place-based approaches are effective for delivering climate change instruction because they feature local and observable impacts, thus connecting human behavior with climate change. This study developed and evaluated the efficacy of a place-based climate change education program using a one-group, pre and posttest design. The study involved 29 high-school students who participated in a one-week, summer education program at Prairie Fork Conservation Area in mid-Missouri. Use of place-based education was hypothesized to promote knowledge, awareness, responsibility, hope, and behavioral intention of participants regarding climate change. Results suggested that the program was an effective way to increase understanding of climate change, as evidenced by significant increases in a variety of measures. Implications for using place-based education are discussed.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"40 1","pages":"77 - 91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82296628","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}