A Study of Climate Change Adaptability of Junior High School Students in Banqiao District of New Taipei City

• Main Authors: HSU HUI TING, 徐慧婷
• Other Authors: 徐榮崇老師
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86519934488748627036

碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 歷史與地理學系社會科教學碩士學位班 === 103 === Abstract In response to the disasters and extreme weather caused by climate change, the Ministry of Education will compile climate change adaptability of reference materials, into the school course, hoping to start from education to enable students to have sufficient knowledge and adaptability to cope with the impact from climate change .The subiect of this study is climate change Education at the Junior high level. This study uses questionnaires to the junior high school students in Banqiao district of New Taipei City. To understand and analyse students’knowledge and attitudes regarding climate change. The analysis of questionnaire data are by the descriptive statistics, one-sample t-test, one-way ANOVA(Analysis of Variance), Scheffe' method. The study found: The overall performance of knowledge and attitudes are superior to behaviors about climate change adaptability of junior high school students. The students with higher parental education level, the performance of knowledges about climate change adaptability are better. The students heard of "Adaptability" "Slow down", the performance of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about climate change adaptability are better. The students prefer to obtain the informations about Climate Change from environmental groups, the performance of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about climate change adaptability are better. Gender does not affect students’knowledge of attitude toward climate change.The parents’career does not influence their children’s views about climate change. The students take the time to get related information every week, have no significant differences to the performance of knowledges, attitudes and behaviors about climate change adaptability. Finally, making some recommendations, schools should enhance the overall performance of knowledges, attitudes and behaviors about climate change adaptability of junior high school students. Encourage students to read extracurricular books and magazines, to absorb the information about climate change adaptability . The government should include the materials about climate change into the curriculum, hold more climate change adaptability activities or lectures, and use the media to promote the educations about climate change adaptability. Make the students to be with climate change adaptability, and then enhance students' positive behaviors. Key words: climate change, adaptability