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View article: Treading carefully: the environment and political participation in science education
Treading carefully: the environment and political participation in science education Open
Politics and science are inextricably connected, particularly in relation to the climate emergency and other environmental crises, yet science education is an often overlooked site for engaging with the political dimensions of environmenta…
View article: Fostering teacher agency in school‐based climate change education in England, <scp>UK</scp>
Fostering teacher agency in school‐based climate change education in England, <span>UK</span> Open
Drawing on conceptualisations of teacher agency through the ecological approach, and in the context of recent policy activity, we explored primary and secondary school teachers' experiences of agency in relation to climate change education…
View article: Behavioral Adaptability of Engineering Instructors Engaging in Emergency Remote Teaching During Three Semesters of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Behavioral Adaptability of Engineering Instructors Engaging in Emergency Remote Teaching During Three Semesters of the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
The crisis-induced changes in instruction during the pandemic presented a unique opportunity to study instructor adaptability, a possible contributor to future adoption of teaching-related best-practices. The purpose of this research is to…
View article: The effect of monitoring complexity on stakeholder acceptance of CO2 geological storage projects in the US gulf coast region
The effect of monitoring complexity on stakeholder acceptance of CO2 geological storage projects in the US gulf coast region Open
Environmental monitoring at geologic CO 2 storage sites is required by regulations for the purposes of environmental protection and emissions accounting in the case of leakage to surface. However, another very important goal of environment…
View article: Researching education for environmental sustainability through intergenerational dialogue
Researching education for environmental sustainability through intergenerational dialogue Open
This study uses intergenerational dialogue as an approach to researching Education for Environmental Sustainability (EfES) with UK youth (aged 16–18 years), teachers and teacher educators. Through analysis of qualitative data from 210 part…
View article: Creating space for teacher voice: insights on professional development in two diverse settings
Creating space for teacher voice: insights on professional development in two diverse settings Open
This paper explores how child-centred practices introduced through international agencies into classrooms in post-conflict Cambodia and for Palestinian Refugees in Jordan, were perceived by the teachers tasked with implementing them. Using…
View article: Avoiding Covid‐19 risk information in the United States: The role of attitudes, norms, affect, social dominance orientations, and perceived trustworthiness of scientists
Avoiding Covid‐19 risk information in the United States: The role of attitudes, norms, affect, social dominance orientations, and perceived trustworthiness of scientists Open
This study seeks guidance from the planned risk information avoidance model to explore drivers of risk information avoidance in the context of COVID‐19. Data were collected early during the pandemic. Among our most notable results is that …
View article: Teacher and youth priorities for education for environmental sustainability: A co‐created manifesto
Teacher and youth priorities for education for environmental sustainability: A co‐created manifesto Open
What would it mean to put environmental sustainability at the heart of education? This article describes a process of inclusive, participatory manifesto‐making to identify young people's (aged 16–18 years) and teachers' priorities for educ…
View article: Youth co-authorship as public engagement with geoengineering
Youth co-authorship as public engagement with geoengineering Open
Large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system is increasingly present in discussions about possible responses to climate change. Young people’s perspectives have tended to be under-represented despite the intergenerational consequ…
View article: The challenges and affordances of online participatory workshops in the context of young people’s everyday climate crisis activism: insights from facilitators
The challenges and affordances of online participatory workshops in the context of young people’s everyday climate crisis activism: insights from facilitators Open
Participatory workshops can provide an equitable way of working with diverse communities to co-produce new knowledge and understanding in the context of young people’s everyday climate crisis activism. Drawing on data from interviews with …
View article: An introduction to the co-creation of policy briefs with youth and academic teams
An introduction to the co-creation of policy briefs with youth and academic teams Open
Drawing on insights from a four-day online workshop, which explored geo-engineering and policy making with 13 youth participants, an academic and youth authorial team provide a guide to the co-creation of policy briefs. Drawing on excerpts…
View article: Youth representations of environmental protest
Youth representations of environmental protest Open
A necessary condition for a functioning democracy is the participation of its citizens, including its youth. This is particularly true for political participation in environmental decisions, because these decisions can have intergeneration…
View article: The environment and politics in science education: the case of teaching fracking
The environment and politics in science education: the case of teaching fracking Open
Hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’), like other complex social and environmental issues, is a controversy about science which raises educational questions about how best to prepare young people to understand, respond to and, where necessary,…
View article: The Impact of Cognitive Processes on Input Enhancement Techniques: studying Chinese Students with English as their Second Language
The Impact of Cognitive Processes on Input Enhancement Techniques: studying Chinese Students with English as their Second Language Open
This thesis investigates the effects of an instructed second language acquisition method called Input Enhancement: textual using boldface, and audio enhancement, using intonation and stress and explicit rules aimed at facilitating gender p…
View article: Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study
Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study Open
We examined the implications of exposure to misinformation about COVID-19 in the United States, South Korea, and Singapore in the early stages of the global pandemic. The online survey results showed that misinformation exposure reduced in…
View article: Congruence Effects of Corporate Associations and Crisis Issue on Crisis Communication Strategies
Congruence Effects of Corporate Associations and Crisis Issue on Crisis Communication Strategies Open
We investigated how consumers' perception of fit between corporate associations (i.e., corporate ability) and the crisis issue (i.e., ethical violation or product failure) moderated the effects of type of crisis communication strategy (i.e…
View article: Climate and Sustainability| The Consumer as Climate Activist
Climate and Sustainability| The Consumer as Climate Activist Open
Consumption of green products is growing rapidly in the United States. We assessed the extent to which this consumption is motivated by a desire to promote societal-level change in corporate practices that affect the climate, and posit a s…
View article: Climate and Sustainability| Climate and Sustainability Communication Campaigns — Introduction
Climate and Sustainability| Climate and Sustainability Communication Campaigns — Introduction Open
Climate change represents a widespread threat to both humans and nonhumans and demands strong global responses and actions to mitigate them. Given the nature of these threats, communication scholars are in a unique position to contribute m…
View article: European Public Sphere| Good Corporate Citizenship: Predictors of Corporate Social Justice as an Element of Sustainable Citizenship Norms in Europe
European Public Sphere| Good Corporate Citizenship: Predictors of Corporate Social Justice as an Element of Sustainable Citizenship Norms in Europe Open
Using 2011 Eurobarometer survey data, this study draws on the O-S-O-R model to examine the predictors of one dimension of sustainable citizenship. It takes a cross-cultural approach to compare the roles of trust, satisfaction, pro-social v…
View article: Qualitative Political Communication| Locating the Politics in Political Consumption: A Conceptual Map of Four Types of Political Consumer Identities
Qualitative Political Communication| Locating the Politics in Political Consumption: A Conceptual Map of Four Types of Political Consumer Identities Open
Political consumption is widely assumed to have a positive relationship with civic and political engagement, and considerable scholarly work indicates marketplace-based politics align neatly with contemporary norms of engaged citizenship. …