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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
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Zaval, Lisa; Cornwell, James F. M. – European Journal of Education, 2017
Communicators of climate science seek ways to better educate and motivate individuals to personally commit to sustainable, energy-saving activities. However, critical psychological and social barriers to conservation make this task challenging. Behavioural scientists are well aware of the difficulties that individuals and groups have in responding…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Communication Strategies, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Schuller, Tom, Ed. – 1995
This collection of papers investigates change and compares university education experiences worldwide, looking at it from the perspective of numbers of students, range of institutions, funding, institutional functions, boundaries, and directions, orientation of students and staff, and institutional change. After an introduction by Tom Schuler,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change, Change Agents, College Faculty