I conti economici trimestrali: avanzamenti metodologici e prospettive di innovazione
Seminario
Roma, 21 aprile 2016
Istat, Aula Magna
Via Cesare Balbo, 14
Yan Zhu_Dissertation PPT_An Assessment of Environmental Literacy in ChinaYan Zhu
Yan Zhu recently completed her dissertation research under the guidance of Dr. Tom Marcinkowski at Florida Institute of Technology. As the first broad assessment of environmental literacy among undergraduate students at two national universities in China, she developed and validated the Undergraduate Students Environmental Literacy Instrument (USELI) based on reviews of environmental literacy frameworks and previous assessments outside China, prior work on the NEP scale by Dunlap et al. (2000), results of pilot studies, reliability and factor analyses, and a validity panel review. The USELI can be used in future assessments of EL within Chinese populations, and this will allow comparisons across studies of this kind. Furthermore, findings from this study and from future studies can provide a research base for developing an EL framework in accordance with political, socio-economic, and ecological conditions in China. Subsequent studies for replicating and extending this research are planned in the future with the goal of conducting a national environmental literacy assessment among various populations in China (e.g., K−12 students, university students, teachers, and other adult populations). Improvements also are planned to develop age-appropriate instruments with a wider range of EL variables in future assessments of Chinese citizens.
I conti economici trimestrali: avanzamenti metodologici e prospettive di innovazione
Seminario
Roma, 21 aprile 2016
Istat, Aula Magna
Via Cesare Balbo, 14
Yan Zhu_Dissertation PPT_An Assessment of Environmental Literacy in ChinaYan Zhu
Yan Zhu recently completed her dissertation research under the guidance of Dr. Tom Marcinkowski at Florida Institute of Technology. As the first broad assessment of environmental literacy among undergraduate students at two national universities in China, she developed and validated the Undergraduate Students Environmental Literacy Instrument (USELI) based on reviews of environmental literacy frameworks and previous assessments outside China, prior work on the NEP scale by Dunlap et al. (2000), results of pilot studies, reliability and factor analyses, and a validity panel review. The USELI can be used in future assessments of EL within Chinese populations, and this will allow comparisons across studies of this kind. Furthermore, findings from this study and from future studies can provide a research base for developing an EL framework in accordance with political, socio-economic, and ecological conditions in China. Subsequent studies for replicating and extending this research are planned in the future with the goal of conducting a national environmental literacy assessment among various populations in China (e.g., K−12 students, university students, teachers, and other adult populations). Improvements also are planned to develop age-appropriate instruments with a wider range of EL variables in future assessments of Chinese citizens.
