ERIC Number: EJ1380289
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-4622
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5871
Is Climate Change a Laughing Matter?
Carroll-Monteil, Emma
Environmental Education Research, v29 n4 p569-591 2023
Recently there has been an increase in scientists, educators, and activists moving into comedy to tell the climate story. Could using humour as an educational method encourage a greater response to the climate crisis? The present research addresses this question by exploring the impact that an environmental-based comedy show had on various learningrelated and emotional outcomes. It was hypothesised first that humour has a positive influence on these outcomes, second, that there is a relationship between fear, hope, and responding to climate change, and third, that age is a significant factor in predicting such variables. Participants watched a recording of a live environmental stand-up comedy show and completed a questionnaire about their experience--all during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The analyses indicated that even in these unprecedented circumstances, the environmental comedy show provided various learning-related outcomes and emotional outcomes. Further, the results suggested that age somewhat predicts variables related to climate change.
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Humor, Environmental Education, Program Effectiveness, Comedy, College Students, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)
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