ERIC Number: EJ1202634
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
Pages: 19
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ISSN: EISSN-2255-7547
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Sustainability Education Using ICT-Supported Dialogue -- Towards Transforming Adolescents' Perceptions of Alcohol in the Punjab, India
Roy, Amit; Ikonen, Risto; Kumar, Kuldeep; Keinonen, Tuula
Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, v9 n2 p49-67 Dec 2018
A potential health crisis looms large in the Punjab, India where alcohol consumption has risen dramatically. Adolescents are especially vulnerable to the toxic effects of alcohol. This empirical study presents a pedagogical intervention, Children as Agents of Social Change (CASC), which aimed to raise awareness about the effects of alcohol using an ICT-supported educational dialogue among adolescent students and alcohol-experts from multiple domains. Primary data consists of pre- and post-test questionnaires from the control and experimental groups (N=379) and an interview of the teacher-in-charge of one experimental school. Results indicate that the intervention significantly improved students' scientific knowledge about alcohol; changed their attitudes towards media and celebrity promotion of alcohol; and enabled them to surmount the odds to spread information - acquired during the CASC intervention- to people outside the school, including adult drinkers. Learner-centric pedagogy combined with ICT clearly amplified transformative learning. CASC appears to be a promising approach in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). It can be used for multiple sustainability issues.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescent Attitudes, Drinking, Computer Mediated Communication, Intervention, Alcohol Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Expertise, Student Centered Learning, Transformative Learning, Sustainability, Middle School Students, High School Students, Computer Uses in Education, Mass Media Use
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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