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Aarnio-Linnanvuori, Essi – Environmental Education Research, 2019
Environmental responsibility can be collective or individual. In environmental education, private-sphere responsibility is often promoted. However, emphasising individual pro-environmental behaviour may cause problems, such as feelings of guilt and powerlessness, a focus on ineffective activities, and gendered responsibility. In this article, I…
Descriptors: Ecology, Conservation (Environment), Social Responsibility, Environmental Education
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Häyrynen, Simo; Keinonen, Tuula; Kärkkäinen, Sirpa – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2021
This article asks how the site-specific parameters of pro-environmental behaviour can be seen in educational doctrines and in the practices of science education, and what impact they have on the development of environmental citizenship. Environmental citizenship as an agent of change is key to sustainability transition. Our viewpoint is that a…
Descriptors: Science Education, Student Attitudes, Sustainability, Citizenship
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Uzun, Naim; Gilbertson, Kenneth L.; Keles, Ozgul; Ratinen, Ilkka – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2019
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable "Environmental Attitude Scale" (EAS) for secondary school (5th, 8th grade), high school (11th) and undergraduate college students. The reliability and validity studies of the scale were carried out in three different countries (Finland, USA and Turkey). The sampling size was…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, High School Students, Undergraduate Students, Cross Cultural Studies
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Juntunen, Marianne; Aksela, Maija – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2013
The aim of the present study is to improve the quality of students' environmental literacy and sustainability education in chemistry teaching by combining the socio-scientific issue of life-cycle thinking with inquiry-based learning approaches. This case study presents results from an inquiry-based life-cycle thinking project: an interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Chemistry, Literacy, Sustainability
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Rämä, Irene; Kontu, Elina; Pirttimaa, Raija – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2014
The purpose of this article was to describe a Finnish research project concerning communicative spontaneity in pupils with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD is a behavioural syndrome which is neurobiological in origin and which involves atypical developmental dysfunctions in the brain. The essential features are persistent impairment in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Behavior Problems
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Lauritsalo, Kirsti; Sääkslahti, Arja; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Physical education is a subject that generates strong feelings and emotions, as can be seen in written accounts of PE experiences. It is also important to listen to students' voices in the research context. Nowadays, students can be listened to in a new way--through the Internet. Various discussion forums on the Internet make it…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Internet, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Computer Mediated Communication