Havea, Peni H. and Tamani, Apenisa and Takinana, A. and De Ramon N'Yeurt, Antoine and Hemstock, Sarah L. and Jacot des Combes, Helene (2019) Addressing climate change at a much younger age than just at the decision-making level: Perceptions from primary school teachers in Fiji. In: Climate Change and the Role of Education. Climate Change Management . Springer Nature, Cham, pp. 149-167. ISBN 978-3-030-32897-9
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This study uses an explanatory design to investigate the role of primary education in addressing climate change in primary schools in Fiji. A self-administered questionnaire (N = 30) was conducted with primary school teachers from 14 primary schools in Fiji. Using frequency analysis, all teachers perceived that addressing climate change at a much younger age is more effective than just addressing it at the decision-making level. Furthermore, a Kendall tau-b was performed, and identified a significant correlation between the primary school teachers’ location and recommendations for further training on climate change (τb = .59, p < .001) and work relevance and climate evaluation (τb = .6, p < .001). The same factors (e.g. work relevancy, helping primary education adapt to climate change, etc.) were explored qualitatively using desktop review, literature search and found addressing climate change at a much younger age to be significant. These results are expected to perfect not only the role of primary education but to contribute significantly to the achievements of a climate-resilient Fiji by 2030 and beyond.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pacific, Climate change, Primary education, Policy, Teachers, Resilience |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography L Education > LB Theory and practice of education Q Science > QC Physics > QC980-999 Climatology and weather |
| Divisions: | Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) |
| Depositing User: | Antoine N'Yeurt |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2020 03:31 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2020 03:31 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12207 |
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