Uncovering the Nexus Between Scientific Discourse and School Geography in Singapore Students' Understanding of Climate Change

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dc.contributor.authorChang, Chew-Hung
dc.contributor.authorPascua, Liberty
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-05T21:11:09Z
dc.date.available2023-12-05T21:11:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes a baseline empirical study of Singapore secondary students' understanding of climate change. It reports that despite evidence of significant awareness on the topic, what learner's think they know does not match up with what they really know. Like other students around the world, their understanding of the phenomenon is not deep enough for accurate definition, explanation and linking of critical concepts together coherently and correctly. The paper critically examines how the introduction of a new national syllabus in geography in Singapore at grade 9 level considers current developments in scientific discourse and affords the opportunity to help students develop values, knowledge, and skills to engage the climate change topic. The study argues for geographic education to be responsive in addressing gaps identified through updating the curriculum with current scientific discourse and by providing skills for students to engage a growing volume of information on climate change from various media.
dc.description.departmentGeography and Environmental Studies
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dc.format.extent16 pages
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dc.identifier.citationChang, C.H. & Pascua, L. (2014). Uncovering the nexus between scientific discourse and school geography in Singapore students' understanding of climate change. Research in Geographic Education, 16(1), pp. 41-56.
dc.identifier.issn1529-0085
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/17315
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
dc.sourceResearch in Geographic Education, 2014, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 41-56.
dc.subjectgeography
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectclimate change education
dc.subjectschool geography
dc.subjectmisconceptions
dc.titleUncovering the Nexus Between Scientific Discourse and School Geography in Singapore Students' Understanding of Climate Change
dc.typeArticle

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