Kako poznajo podnebne spremembe devetošolci in koliko razumejo potrebo po celostni obravnavi problematike podnebnih sprememb učitelji

Abstract

Climate change is one of the key problems which humanity has already begun to face and which it will most certainly continue to face in the future. Due to the consequences of the changing climate and of climate change mitigation, changes will also be needed in many areas of human activity (economy, energy industry, politics etc.). Another important area is education. With the intention of pointing out the importance of teaching about climate change in compulsory education, a research study was conducted on the familiarization with the issue of climate change among ninth-graders, and a research study on the understanding of the need for a comprehensive discussion of the issue of climate change among primary school geography teachers in Slovenia. The leading hypothesis that pupils do not gain enough knowledge in geography lessons in primary school and that they are not informed enough about the issue of climate change was confirmed using a descriptive and causal non-experimental research method; this situation should be improved by supplementing the geography curriculum for primary school with a comprehensive discussion of the issue of climate change.