Premnadh Kurup

The Greenhouse effect, beliefs, understandings and intentions to act

High school students'' beliefs about, understandings of and intentions to act to reduce greenhouse effect

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The greenhouse effect(GHE) is a concern to everyone on this planet.Citizens need to be scientifically literate in relation to this phenomenon in order to participate in democratic decision-making and to take appropriate actions in their daily lives. As the GHE is a global issue it will require collective and individual actions to prepare for the likely climatic changes and to reduce the further impact of the GHE.The main focu of this book is on high school students' beliefs about, understandings of the GHE and their intentions to act in ways that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. High school students strongly believe that the GHE is real and affecting the climate at present and will also affect it in the future. They consider that the GHE is a relatively important social issue and they believe that governments should conduct programmes to raise community awareness and enact strict laws to reduce the release of greenhouse gas. The Propositional Knowledge Statement (PKS) that is science concepts necessary for an understanding of the GHE in terms of its causes, effects, mechanism and actions that can be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emission.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9783844309638
• ISBN-10: 3844309632
• Artikelnr.: 33073094

Autorenporträt

El Dr. Premnadh M Kurup es actualmente profesor de educación científica en la Universidad LaTrobe, Australia. Su interés de investigación son los aspectos educativos del calentamiento global y el efecto invernadero. Su interés de investigación específico se centra en la toma de decisiones informadas sobre el calentamiento global basadas en creencias y conocimientos científicos.