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Opportunity, Motivation, and Ability: How to Increase People's Knowledge of Pesticides and Biocides
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Morten Thomsen; Arjen van Dalen; Silje Kristiansen; David Nicolas Hopmann – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2024
As research of benefits and detriments of pesticides and biocides progresses, people's knowledge needs to be updated. This study takes an audience perspective on how practitioners may improve communication. Through online focus group discussions of how and why Danes acquire knowledge of pesticides and biocides, we find that focusing on improving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poisoning, Manufacturing Industry, Chemistry
Approaches to Increase Arsenic Awareness in Bangladesh: An Evaluation of an Arsenic Education Program
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George, Christine Marie; Factor-Litvak, Pam; Khan, Khalid; Islam, Tariqul; Singha, Ashit; Moon-Howard, Joyce; van Geen, Alexander; Graziano, Joseph H. – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
The objective of this study was to design and evaluate a household-level arsenic education and well water arsenic testing intervention to increase arsenic awareness in Bangladesh. The authors randomly selected 1,000 study respondents located in 20 villages in Singair, Bangladesh. The main outcome was the change in knowledge of arsenic from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Water, Poisoning, Intervention
Dead Wolves, Dead Birds, and Dead Trees: Catalysts for Transformative Learning in the Making of Scientist-Environmentalists
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Walter, Pierre – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
This historical study identifies catalysts for transformative learning in the lives of three scientist-environmentalists important to the 20th-century environmental movement: Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and David Suzuki. Following a brief review of theoretical perspectives on transformative learning, the article argues that transformative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Adult Education, Environmental Education
Comparison of Information Dissemination Methods in Inle Lake: A Lesson for Reconsidering Framework for Environmental Education Strategies
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Oo, Htun Naing; Sutheerawatthana, Pitch; Minato, Takayuki – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2010
This article analyzes the practice of information dissemination regarding pesticide usage in floating gardening in a rural area. The analysis reveals reasons why the current information dissemination methods employed by relevant stakeholders do not work. It then puts forward a proposition that information sharing within organizations of and among…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Rural Areas, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries
Pesticide Use and Prevention Practices of Tangerine Growers in Northern Thailand
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Chalermphol, Juthathip; Shivakoti, Genesh P. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2009
To investigate pesticide use and prevention practices of tangerine growers in Fang district, Chiang Mai province in Northern Thailand. A questionnaire survey of 312 farmers in the study area, in-depth interviews and group discussions. Only 36% of the participants pursued the recommended prevention practices every time they used pesticides.…
Descriptors: Prevention, Poisoning, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
Social Capital and Geography of Learning: Roles in Accelerating the Spread of Integrated Pest Management
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Palis, Florencia G.; Morin, Stephen; Hossain, Mahabub – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2005
This paper aims to show the relevance of spatial proximity and social capital in accelerating the spread of agricultural technologies such as integrated pest management (IPM). The research was done in response to the problem of slow diffusion of agricultural technologies. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in investigating the…
Descriptors: Proximity, Social Networks, Social Capital, Poisoning