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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
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Psychological Effects on Victims of the Johor Flood 2006/2007
Asian Social Science, 2012 Flood is one of the many types of natural disaster that affects human lives. Often the focus of such disaster has been on physical losses. Nevertheless, psychological effects of natural disaster have become equal importance that needed much attention. The objective of the current study is to explore psychological effects in terms of cognition, feeling ...
R. Nasir, A. Z. Zainah, R. Khairudin
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Environmental literacy and global citizenship education (GCE) are necessary to the development of a fairer, more peaceful and more sustainable world, but teachers frequently lack practical examples of their implementation in the classroom.
Claire Lee +2 more
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Disaster stressors and psychological well-being in older adults after a flood.
Psychology and Aging, 2021 We examined the inoculation and stress sensitization explanations concerning mental health outcomes in 223 predominately middle-aged and older adults after a flood (M age = 49.6 years, SD = 17.7 years, range: 18-88 years). In multiple linear regression models, having flood damage was associated with higher levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Katie E. Cherry +9 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Within the educational literature, inter‐organisational school networks are commonly considered instruments for administration, management, and school improvement, but are rarely scrutinised as objects of study themselves. Conversely, in organisational studies, this perspective is given more prominence.
Ignacio Wyman, Paul Wilfred Armstrong
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Positioning teachers in climate change education: Insights from a Hong Kong Global South perspective
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how prospective teachers in Hong Kong (N = 13) position themselves within climate change education through ‘Global Dialogue for Climate Change Education’, a cross‐institutional teacher education programme facilitating online global dialogues between Hong Kong and the UK.
Sally Wai‐Yan Wan +5 more
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Justice‐centred climate change education and territory
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In a globalised world, education faces challenges that go far beyond professional training, where social responsibility and the inclusion of heterogeneous communities and territories in all levels of education have become a greater focus of the university and of scientific research, setting the stage for more inclusive public policies. Greater
Lennin Florez‐Leiva +3 more
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Evacuating Flash Flood Victims: Key Drivers and Psychological Burden
Journal of Flood Risk ManagementABSTRACTEffective, timely, and fair evacuation is crucial to mitigate flood impacts. We aim to identify socio‐economic attributes and flood event characteristics influencing evacuation and to quantify the psychological burden of people who experienced evacuation.
Nivedita Sairam +3 more
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Bankruptcy and financial distress commonly precipitate suicidal crises, putting bankruptcy attorneys in potentially difficult situations with clients. This qualitative study explored attorneys' experiences with clients' risk for suicide and attorneys' recommendations for suicide prevention.
John R. Blosnich +4 more
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