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Priest, Susanna Hornig; Greenhalgh, Ted; Neill, Helen R.; Young, Gabriel Reuben – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2015
Diffusion theory, developed and popularized within communication research by Everett Rogers, is a venerable approach with much to recommend it as a theoretical foundation for applied communication research. In developing an applied project for a home energy conservation (energy efficiency retrofit) program in the state of Nevada, we utilized key…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Adoption (Ideas), Energy Conservation, Housing
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Almeida, Sylvia C.; Moore, Deborah; Barnes, Melissa – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2018
This article presents findings from a study that evaluated the impact of an Australian sustainability initiative, with a view to unravelling the realities of teachers' implementation approaches. The paper outlines a study that reviews a government initiative in early years, primary and secondary educational settings that uses the Data Collection,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Chien, Sen-I; Su, Chaochin; Chou, Chin-Cheng; Li, Wen-Ren – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
The present study describes the design of a simple teaching module for each student to fabricate a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) that could power a small fan motor. The significance of this laboratory exercise is to stimulate students' motivation by visualizing the light being converted into electricity, which is then switched over to kinetic…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Energy, Kinetics, High School Students
Steiner, Sherrie – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2016
What began as a professor's classroom illustration to encourage students to take climate change seriously sparked a student movement that transformed Eastern University into a leader in environmental stewardship and social responsibility. How did this happen at an evangelical university in a conservative coal state that, at the time, was producing…
Descriptors: Activism, Case Studies, Environmental Education, Climate
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Park, Mihwa; Johnson, Joseph A. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
While significant research has been conducted on students' conceptions of energy, alternative conceptions of energy have not been actively explored in the area of environmental science. The purpose of this study is to examine students' alternative conceptions in the environmental science discipline through the analysis of responses of first year…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Energy
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Bajpai, Shrish; Kidwai, Naimur Rahman – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2017
The issue of renewable energy sources that have great potential to give solutions to the longstanding energy problems of India has been considered. It has been stated that renewable energy sources are an important part of India's plan to increase energy security and provide new generation with ample job opportunities. India's plans to move towards…
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Conservation, Science Education, Engineering Education
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Frauman, Eric – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2017
Sustainability has gained increasing importance amongst both academic research and organizational practice over the past two decades (Davis & Challenger, 2014). The primary purpose of this study was to examine environmentally sustainable practices among college outdoor programs, while also examining how college level policy and infrastructural…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Higher Education, Outdoor Education
Clark, Heather Freeman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The objective of this dissertation was to design and study a transformative model of climate change education that foregrounded sociopolitical processes and was socially relevant to Black and Latinx urban high school students. The intervention was implemented at the Mann-UCLA Community School in South Los Angeles while distance learning was…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Formative Evaluation, Student Attitudes
Harney, John O. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2014
More than 250 higher education leaders from campuses across the U.S. met last week in Boston for the 2014 Presidential Summit on Climate Leadership. The summit was organized by Second Nature, the supporting organization for the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Almost 700 colleges and universities have…
Descriptors: Climate Control, Climate, College Administration, College Presidents
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Zörner, Wilfried; Mahomed, Nawaz; Zulu, Ackim; Bader, Tobias; Tenthani, Chifundo; Cuamba, Boaventura; Chingosho, Hilton – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2020
The aim of this study was to develop the profile and competencies of a harmonised curriculum for a multi-country regional sector-specific higher education programme. The study, which was based on a case study of Renewable Energy involving six countries in Southern Africa, was based on established methodologies proposed by previous studies on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Environmental Education
Katz, Emily; Schifter, Laura; La Pinta, Alexandra – Aspen Institute, 2020
"A State Policy Landscape: K12 Climate Action" looks at key areas where states have policies that can support schools in moving toward climate action. This report highlights opportunities for growth by focusing on state-level policy in the following focus areas: (1) mitigation; (2) adaptation; and (3) education. In this report, the…
Descriptors: State Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Climate, Conservation (Environment)
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Karaarslan Semiz, Güliz; Çakir Yildirim, Birgül – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2018
The ecological footprint concept is important in order to evaluate the human impact on the environment and propose sustainable solutions in our life. By calculating ecological footprint, people could analyze the impact of their lifestyle on the natural environment. The purpose of this study is to share an ecological footprint education module for…
Descriptors: High School Students, Foreign Countries, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science
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Tolppanen, Sakari; Aksela, Maija – Journal of Environmental Education, 2018
This study uses qualitative content analysis to examine 355 open-ended questions, presented by 16-19-year-old international students, to find out what students want to learn about climate change. The study finds that students have a high level of consideration toward scientific, societal, and ethical aspects of climate change and that students'…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Content Analysis, Foreign Students, Climate
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Shyang-Chyuan Fang – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
Environmental problems nowadays pose threats to the sustainability of environment, such as global warming, urban air pollution, water scarcity, environmental noise, and biodiversity loss. The root cause of those problems is human behavior. Inspiring the interest of preschoolers is crucial in their future cognition of the environment. This research…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Parent Child Relationship, Environmental Education, Picture Books
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Osnes, Beth; Manygoats, Adrian; Weitkamp, Lindsay – Research in Drama Education, 2015
Through applied theatre, Navajo women can participate in authoring a new story for how energy is mined, produced, developed, disseminated and used in the Navajo Nation. This article is an analysis of a creative process that was utilised with primarily Navajo women to create a Navajo Women's Energy Project (NWEP). The framework for this creative…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Females, Theater Arts, Drama
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