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Climate Change Education and Secondary School Students: A Meta-Synthesis (1993-2017)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Interest in climate change education has grown increasingly in educational research over the last two decades, during which there have been numerous studies and reviews. This paper synthesizes knowledge focusing on secondary school students and climate change education. A meta-synthesis was conducted over 76 papers, identified by a systematic literature review approach, involving students from 26 nationalities. The multiple methodologies used and the variety of sociocultural student profiles made it challenging to generalize the findings. This meta-synthesis allows us to establish the background for this population concerning the following areas: general knowledge, levels of awareness and responsibility ratings related to the phenomenon, concern and perception of risk, pro-environmental attitudes, and perceived self-efficacy. Generally, secondary school students demonstrate similar knowledge about the issue and share common misconceptions. The dimension of perceptions and attitudes is more diverse.

Source: Education in the Knowledge Society (EKS)

DOI: 10.14201/eks.31358

Authors: Antonio García-Vinuesa, Pablo Á. Meira-Cartea, José A. Caride-Gómez

Institution: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Language: English

Topic: Environmental and sustainability education

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Xunta de Galicia