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Liefländer, Anne K.; Bogner, Franz X.; Kibbe, Alexandra; Kaiser, Florian G. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
One aim of environmental education is fostering sustainable environmental action. Some environmental behaviour models suggest that this can be accomplished in part by improving people's knowledge. Recent studies have identified a distinct, psychometrically supported environmental knowledge structure consisting of system, action-related and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Program Effectiveness, Conservation (Environment)
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Riess, Werner; Mischo, Christoph – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
This study's goal was to analyze various teaching approaches within the context of natural science lessons, especially in biology. The main focus of the paper lies on the effectiveness of different teaching methods in promoting systems thinking in the field of Education for Sustainable Development. The following methods were incorporated into the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Biology, Science Instruction
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Voitle, Frauke; Heuckmann, Benedikt; Kampa, Nele; Kremer, Kerstin – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
The school context, like other influences, affects the development of students' epistemic beliefs (EBs), with theoretical conceptualizations suggesting a distinction between EBs related to professional and school science. However, empirical studies rarely address this distinction, and instruments separately assessing these EBs are not available.…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Student Evaluation