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Nongqayi, Lungile; Risenga, Ida; Dukhan, Shalini – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2022
Introduction: Climate change is a pressing topic as scientists continue to reveal its links to human activities as contributing factors to its exacerbation. These observations lead global governments to seek initiatives that could mitigate these negative impacts. South Africa's government has attempted to grow knowledge and awareness by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Biology, Science Instruction
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Guo, Yan; Yang, Yinmei; Deveaux, Lynette; Dinaj-Koci, Veronica; Schieber, Elizabeth; Herbert, Carly; Lee, JungAe; Wang, Bo – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
Adolescents experiment with risk behaviors, including delinquency, substance use, and sexual activity. Multi-level social factors, such as having high-risk peers, neighborhood risks, and parental monitoring, influence adolescents' behaviors. We modeled transition patterns in Bahamian adolescents' risk behaviors across three high school years and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Risk, Behavior
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Eze, Emmanuel – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2020
This study examined students' and teachers' awareness of climate change and their willingness to adopt pro-environmental behaviour in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State Nigeria, using sociographical variables. Participants were drawn from Senior Secondary 1-3 students, as well as their teachers, all from secondary schools across the rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Knowledge Level
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Herman, Benjamin C.; Feldman, Allan; Vernaza-Hernandez, Vanessa – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Misconceptions about climate change science are pervasive among the US public. This study investigated the possibility that these misconceptions may be reflective of science teachers' knowledge and teaching of climate change science. Florida and Puerto Rico secondary science teachers who claim to teach extensively about climate change were…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Decision Making, Climate