Seventh-Grade Students' Conceptions of Climate Change, Global Warming, and the Greenhouse Effect

Autor/inn/en	Handayani, Rif'ati Dina; Triyanto
Titel	Seventh-Grade Students' Conceptions of Climate Change, Global Warming, and the Greenhouse Effect
Quelle	In: Journal of Geoscience Education, 70 (2022) 4, S.490-500 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Handayani, Rif'ati Dina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1089-9995
DOI	10.1080/10899995.2021.1989941
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Grade 7; Foreign Countries; Climate; Conservation (Environment); Concept Formation; Student Attitudes; Sustainable Development; Environmental Education; Misconceptions; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Ausland; Klima; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Schülerverhalten; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Missverständnis; Indonesien
Abstract	Education must provide substantive knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors toward environmental education. This study aims to identify seventh-grade students' conceptions regarding climate change, global warming, and the greenhouse effect. The research was conducted at four local secondary schools in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Data were gathered through open-ended questionnaires to 140 students, which were analyzed inductively to identify concepts and patterns. The result indicated that students believe that five harmful environmental behaviors cause global warming: (1) use of fossil fuels; (2) deforestation; (3) use of aerosols; (4) littering; and (5) air pollution. The five activities produce the greenhouse effect and deplete the ozone layer, which causes global warming. Global warming has an adverse impact on the earth's ocean, soil, air, plants and animals, humans, weather, and season changes. The students' thoughts were substantially linear and simplified: human activities cause global warming, impacting individuals through health risks, food preservation, and conservation. Appropriate human actions would reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) and global warming, thereby decreasing ecological problems. This research is expected to enhance and guide the effective implementation of environmental education concerning climate change issues because students' conceptions and actions are crucial for sustainability. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01