Download or read book A Case Study of the Relationships Between Gender Age Education and Media and CCSU Students Perception of Global Climate Change written by Bethany Lyn McWade and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hostile Media Perception and Global Climate Change written by Sara K. Yeo and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Linking Gender and Climate Change Mitigation written by Karen Hildahl and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Perceptions of Global Climate Change Among University Student Groups written by Christopher A. Miehle and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effects of a Single gender Classroom on Global Climate Change Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Media Use and Climate Change Skepticism written by Alexandria Vogl and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the relationship among demographic and media variables impacting individual’s climate change skepticism or belief. This study also examines the relationship among climate change skepticism or belief and individual’s willingness to adopt pro-environmental behaviors. Six hundred and two undergraduate students completed this study’s survey regarding their news and entertainment media habits, skepticism towards climate change, and pro-environmental behaviors. Multiple regression analyses indicate that political orientation and gender have the largest effect on climate change skepticism. Results also show that entertainment media use was significant with climate change skepticism, while news media use was significant with climate change belief. While limited support was found to explain the relationship among climate change skepticism or belief and individual’s willingness to pursue pro-environmental behaviors, self-reported climate change knowledge had the largest influence.

Download or read book Students Attitudes and Intentions of Using Technology Such as Virtual Reality for Learning about Climate Change and Protecting Endangered Environments written by Kristina Adanin and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when the world is facing a range of significant challenges, including a rise in air temperature, rapidly evolving droughts in some areas, and floods, new technology in education can help inform people of current issues that may not be close to them but, nevertheless, can have a significant impact in the future. Our planet has been warming steadily for over a century, and the preponderance of evidence has pointed at human action as the main contributor to the change (Hansen et al., 2010). The evolution of technology has brought tremendous change. Virtual Reality (VR), 360-degree video, has the potential to bring the environment to the students since it can provide a close to a real-life situation. The use of VR for educational purposes has been quite unknown to most school systems. There are many gaps that need to be investigated prior to the effective implementation of VR-learning, such as the factors that influence students' intention to use it. This study fulfilled some of these gaps by focusing on the potential of using VR for future education and raising awareness of the climate change occurring in remote areas, specifically tropical regions. The findings of this study will hopefully encourage students to play a more responsible role in the development and implementation of VR education worldwide and help enhance the academic quality of courses for instructors and students. This study examined students' behavioral intentions towards using VR in their learning about climate change utilizing the Technology Acceptance Model of Davis (1989), combined with the spatial presence experience scale (Hartmann et al., 2015). Phase 1 was created in order to understand students' salient beliefs about the use of VR for educational purposes and learning about climate change. Furthermore, 65 students participated in this phase and reported that VR can be beneficial for educational purposes to learn about global climate change, and 95.2% of participants fully agreed. Phase 2 occurred among 227 students from around the globe.

Download or read book Partisan Media and Their Climate Change Agenda setting Effects on Partisan Publics written by Hong Tien Vu and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation seeks to understand (1) what are the differences in the coverage of climate change among ideologically different media agendas, (2) what effects do these differences in climate change coverage have on partisan publics, and (3) what attributes of climate change coverage have compelling arguments effects on public perception of the issue and the public's willingness to engage in activism. The study comes up with three key findings. First, conservative media tend to adopt attributes that dismiss climate change and its effects as unreal, while liberal media are more likely to emphasize the reality of climate change. Second, this difference in media coverage influences the relationship between media attribute agenda and the perception of partisan publics. For example, media attributes that focus on the negative consequences of climate change exert consistent compelling arguments effects on the liberal public's perception of the issue and intention to engage in climate change activism. However, higher frequencies of a number of climate change attributes in media coverage correlate with decreased perceived importance of the issue among conservatives. Third, the public's belief uncertainty moderates the effects of the media attribute agenda on the public's perceived importance of climate change and intention to engage in action. This dissertation advances the compelling arguments concept in several ways. It is the first to provide empirical evidence on the relevance of this concept in examining the relationships between media attributes and behavioral intention. Also, its findings suggest that future agenda-setting research should take into account the fact that in today's highly fragmented media environment, the news media agenda is becoming increasingly heterogeneous. The divergence in media coverage of a controversial issue is found to influence ideologically different public groups differently. Finally, individual predispositions should be considered in examining compelling agenda-setting effects on public perception and behaviors. Including differences in the news agenda as well as among the public will provide deeper insights into understanding the complexities of media effects on audiences.

Download or read book Climate Cases written by Benjamin P. Tierney and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Natural Vs Social Scientists Perceptions of Uncertainty in Discussions of Global Climate Change written by Samantha Jude Romanello and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This dissertation examines scientific uncertainty as a boundary-ordering device between natural and social scientists. While current research in the human dimensions of global climate change typically uses knowledge and certainty as predictors of an individual's position on global climate change, then collapses the differences between scientists of different expertise into one expert group assumed to be both knowledgeable and certain on global climate change and then compares expert and non-expert beliefs in global climate change, this dissertation took a different approach. This research compares scientists of different expertise and focuses on how natural and social scientists differ in their assessments of the philosophic roots of uncertainty relating to global climate change. In particular, it explores whether the disagreements of natural and social scientists are related to their assessments of the philosophic roots of uncertainty of global climate change communicated during interdisciplinary discussions. As such the present study sought a methodological approach for data collection -- Sense-Making -- that could successfully discern differences in how natural and social scientists conceptualize and communicate uncertainty and how these conceptual differences relate to their perceptions of global climate change. Results revealed differences in natural and social scientists2 perceived source of disagreement, assessments of the philosophical nature of uncertainty and the types of bridging strategies suggested. Additionally, with 2 significant main effects and 14 significant interactions, assessment of the philosophic roots of uncertainty appears to be a mediating variable in the relationship between level of knowledge or sureness and the belief that global climate change is occurring or perceived risk global climate change poses to humans between natural and social scientists. These findings suggest scientific uncertainty is a boundary-ordering device not only between experts and non-experts, but also between natural and social scientists. Moreover, it suggests that the current expert-non-expert model of belief in global climate change may be insufficient to explain the complex dialogic and decision-making environment. Finally, that Sense-Making is a methodology that can acknowledge interdisciplinary differences in the communication of uncertainty between scientists of different expertise and provide a way to view and compare these differences empirically.

Download or read book Principles of Management written by David S. Bright and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black & white print. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.

Download or read book World Literacy written by John W. Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International literacy assessments have provided ample data for ranking nations, charting growth, and casting blame. Summarizing the findings of these assessments, which afford a useful vantage from which to view world literacy as it evolves, this book examines literate behavior worldwide, in terms of both the ability of populations from a wide variety of nations to read and the practice of literate behavior in those nations. Drawing on The World’s Most Literate Nations, author Jack Miller’s internationally released study, emerging trends in world literacy and their relationships to political, economic, and social factors are explored. Literacy, and in particular the practice of literate behaviors, is used as a lens through which to view countries’ economic development, gender equality, resource utilization, and ethnic discrimination. Above all, this book is about trajectories. It begins with historical contexts, described in terms of support for literate cultures. Based on a variety of data sources, these trends are traced to the present and then projected ahead. The literate futures of nations are discussed and how these relate to their economic and sociocultural development. This book is unique in providing a broader perspective on an intractable problem, a vantage point that offers useful insights to inform policy, and in bringing together an array of relevant data sources not typically associated with literacy status.

Download or read book Digital Media Youth and Credibility written by Miriam J. Metzger and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The difficulties in determining the quality of information on the Internet--in particular, the implications of wide access and questionable credibility for youth and learning. Today we have access to an almost inconceivably vast amount of information, from sources that are increasingly portable, accessible, and interactive. The Internet and the explosion of digital media content have made more information available from more sources to more people than at any other time in human history. This brings an infinite number of opportunities for learning, social connection, and entertainment. But at the same time, the origin of information, its quality, and its veracity are often difficult to assess. This volume addresses the issue of credibility--the objective and subjective components that make information believable--in the contemporary media environment. The contributors look particularly at youth audiences and experiences, considering the implications of wide access and the questionable credibility of information for youth and learning. They discuss such topics as the credibility of health information online, how to teach credibility assessment, and public policy solutions. Much research has been done on credibility and new media, but little of it focuses on users younger than college students. Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility fills this gap in the literature. Contributors Matthew S. Eastin, Gunther Eysenbach, Brian Hilligoss, Frances Jacobson Harris, R. David Lankes, Soo Young Rieh, S. Shyam Sundar, Fred W. Weingarten

Download or read book Learning to Teach written by Richard Arends and published by McGraw-Hill College. This book was released on 2001 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book PEDAGOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES written by MANGAL, S. K. and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in an easy-to-understand style, the text has been thoroughly revised in tune with the spirit and need of the new nomenclature Pedagogy of Social Sciences in place of the old designation Teaching of Social Studies. It reflects on the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to teach Social Sciences in an effective manner. Introducing new chapters, the second edition of the book mainly focuses on improving the methodological concepts of the Social Sciences teachers. In doing so, it covers various strategies and devices of teaching Social Sciences, e-learning in Social Sciences, e-learning resources in Social Sciences, and professional growth of the Social Sciences teacher. Besides, the chapters of the previous edition have been updated, with the required information given in various new sections. This book is suitable for a course on ‘Pedagogy of Social Sciences’ for the students of B.Ed. and M.A. (Education). It can also be used for the in-service teacher education programmes organized by the Central and State education boards. NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION  In addition to the four new chapters, the book now incorporates several new sections: • Concept and meaning of the term Social Sciences; distinguishing the subject Social Sciences from Natural Sciences and the subject Social Studies; justification for using the term teaching/pedagogy of Social Sciences in place of teaching/pedagogy of Social Studies (Chapter 1) • Bloom’s revised taxonomy, 2001 (Chapter 4) • Views of NCF and Focus Group (NCERT) about curriculum at the various stages of school education (Chapter 5) • Survey method and cooperative learning method for the teaching of Social Sciences (Chapter 7) • Reference books in Social Sciences (Chapter 9) • Atlases, newspapers, digital audio recorders and players and documentaries as instructional material or teaching aids (Chapter 11) • Question banks, grading system, open book examinations and use of rubrics as the means and ways for improving the evaluation programmes in Social Sciences (Chapter 23)  Also, the chapter on ‘Relationship of Social Studies with other Subjects’ has been replaced with a more comprehensive and detailed chapter on ‘Correlation in Social Sciences’ (Chapter 6). KEY FEATURES  Chapter-end summary and study questions to help readers review the important topics and drill the concept discussed, respectively.  Numerous figures and tables to facilitate easy understanding of the concepts.  References and Suggested Readings to provide scope for further reading.

Download or read book Writing and Digital Media written by Luuk van Waes and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital media has become an increasingly powerful force in modern society. This volume brings together outstanding European, American and Australian research in "writing and digital media" and explores its cognitive, social and cultural implications. The book is divided into five sections, covering major areas of research: writing modes and writing environments (e.g. speech technology), writing and communication (e.g. hypervideos), digital tools for writing research (e.g. web analysis tools, keystroke logging and eye-tracking), writing in online educational environments (e.g. collaborative writing in L2), and social and philosophical aspects of writing and digital media (e.g. CMC, electronic literacy and the global digital divide).In addition to presenting programs of original research by internationally known scholars from a variety of disciplines, each chapter provides a comprehensive review of the current state-of-the-art in the field and suggests directions for future research.

Download or read book Higher Education in South Africa written by Eli Bitzer and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher Education in South Africa should be of considerable interest to higher education researchers outside of South Africa, as well as within, for the general and comparative assessments it makes. The South African higher education researchers included within its covers have clearly engaged with research and writing from many parts of the world, which they have then applied to make sense of their own condition. - Malcolm Tight Lancaster University, UK