Alan Schoenfeld, Phil Daro
More math, less "math war"
Science (New York, N.Y.)
education pivotal role preparing society address forthcoming health impacts climate crisis education provides tools necessary instil individual collective attitudes mitigating climate change fosters development adaptive skills mindsets promotes critical understanding climate change aim persist project assess effectiveness school educational intervention strengthen literacy climate crisis proenvironmental behaviours systems thinking high school students aged 1418 years three meetings carried scientific high school suburbs rome italy march 21 april 12 2023 using complex systems models group activities collective discussions preintervention postintervention questionnaires administered students record knowledge climaterelated emotions proenvironmental behaviours questionnaires complete considered valid anonymously collected data processed using descriptive statistics test total 273 students ten different classes attending grades 1 4 took part project 78 36 participants female 133 62 male four 2 disclose gender mean age 15 years received 211 pairs valid preintervention postintervention questionnaires preliminary analysis showed average increase 19 correct responses knowledge questions 212 increase proenvironmental behaviours discernible differences climaterelated emotions preintervention postintervention questionnaires interactive approach use complex systems might improve students literacy attitudes towards climate crisis without increasing negative ecological emotions pilot project guide similar repeatable programmes schools countries represents first measure climaterelated emotions school intervention none