Pre-existing understanding of Primary school students about natural disasters caused by climate change

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Published: Sep 24, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.5483
Keywords:
Natural Disasters Climate Change Primary School Education for Sustainability
Dimitrios Mavrenis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Georgios Malandrakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract

The goal of this work was to describe the process of developing a tool to detect 3rd-6th grades Primary School students’ pre-existing understanding regarding the link between climate change and Natural Disasters. The questionnaire includes four main categories of natural disasters (forest fires, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes), each of which examines five variables of students' relative understanding (content knowledge, link to climate change, previous experience, knowledge about the ability to cope/manage events, previous education). The questionnaire will be pilot tested in June 2023 and data will be collected in September of the same year aiming to be presented during the conference.

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  • 2. PERCEPTIONS AND REFLECTIONS OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
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