Helen Boon
Climate change? When? Where?
James Cook University
regional australian students surveyed explore understanding knowledge greenhouse effect ozone depletion climate change results compared parallel study undertaken 1991 regional uk city comparison conducted investigate whether awareness understanding issues demonstrated students result 16 years accumulated knowledge increased certainty among experts greenhouse effects climate media publicity inclusion greenhouse effect australian school curriculum data obtained combined sample 740 year 810 secondary students examined extent student understanding knowledge models explanation sources information phenomena path analytic structural equation model sem tested links student understanding greenhouse effect knowledge greenhouse gases experience greenhouse conceptions climate change results show similarities two groups knowledge understanding important scientific literacy issues remaining unacceptably low 2007 sociocultural influences proposed relation results implications practice suggested