Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Preparing youth for global challenges: can an open classroom climate prepare students for climate action? |
| Authors: |
Penrod, Candace1 (AUTHOR), Wheeler, Iree2 (AUTHOR), Knowles, Ryan1 (AUTHOR) ryan.knowles@usu.edu |
| Source: |
Environmental Education Research. Oct2024, p1-23. 23p. 7 Illustrations. |
| Subject Terms: |
*GREEN behavior, *CLIMATE change education, *CLASSROOM environment, *CLIMATE change mitigation, *STRUCTURAL equation modeling |
| Abstract: |
ABSTRACT Factors that influence students’ knowledge about climate change have been found to be largely external and based on social interactions. Building from this idea, we use factor analysis and structural equation modeling with the 2016 IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study data and create two novel climate change scales (pro-environmental behavior and perceived threats of climate change). We then determine the relationship between open classroom climate, pro-environmental behavior, perceived threats of climate change, and civic participation in secondary students. Findings indicate that when controlling for gender, civic knowledge, and socioeconomic factors, an increase in open classroom climate significantly predicts an increase in activism for climate change. Based on these results, we further examine the relationship between pro-environmental behavior and civic participation in society. Findings indicate that climate variables predict participation positively across the countries, except illegal protest, which was negatively related. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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