Previous research has demonstrated that emotional connectedness to nature is among the strongest predictors of pro-environmental behaviour. This study investigated the influence of age, gender and living context on emotional connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behaviour in a Canadian sample. Study participants completed an environmental survey, which assessed demographic data as well as levels of emotional connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behaviour. The study contained 1251 participants equally divided across gender, sampled from four different age groups in rural versus urban living contexts throughout Canada. Study results revealed that emotional connectedness to nature was the strongest predictor of pro-environmental behaviour in comparison to the other factors. It was found that adults displayed significantly higher levels of emotional connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behaviour in comparison to adolescents, and that females displayed higher levels of both emotional connectedness to nature and pro-environmental behaviour in comparison to males. Moreover, urban and rural participants significantly differed in their levels of pro-environmental behaviour, but not in their levels of emotional connectedness to nature.

T. (2020). Making data science count in and for education. In E. Romero-Hall (Ed.), Research Methods in Learning Design & Technology (pp. 94-110). Routledge.

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There are kinds of dialogue that support social justice and others that do the reverse. The kinds of dialogue that support social justice require that anger be bracketed and that hiding in safe spaces be eschewed. All illegitimate ad hominem/ad feminem attacks are ruled out from the get-go. No dialogical contribution can be down-graded on account of the communicator's gender, race, or religion. As well, this communicative approach unapologetically privileges reason in full view of theories and strategies that might seek to undermine reasoning as just another illegitimate form of power.On the more positive side, it is argued in this paper that social justice dialogue will be enhanced by a kind of "communicative upgrading," which amplifies "person perception," foregrounds the impersonal forces within our common social spaces rather than the "baddies" within, and orients the dialogical trajectory toward the future rather than the past. Finally, it is argued in this paper that educators have a pressing responsibility to guide their students through social justice dialogue so that their speech contributes to the amelioration of injustice, rather than rendering the terrain more treacherous. ResumenHay diálogos que apoyan la justicia social y otros que hacen lo contrario. Los que apoyan la justicia social requieren que la ira "quede en el tintero" y evitar esconderse en el lugar seguro. Todos los ataques ilegítimos ad hominem/ad feminem se descartan desde el principio. Ninguna contribución en el diálogo se puede subestimar a razón del género, la raza o la religión del hablante. Así mismo, el enfoque comunicativo de la justicia social privilegia sin tapujos la razón frente a teorías y estrategias que podrían tratar de desvirtuar el razonamiento como una forma ilegítima de poder. Por otro lado, y de manera más positiva, en este artículo se argumenta que el diálogo de justicia social se verá reforzado por una especie de mejora comunicativa, que amplifica la percepción de la persona, destaca las fuerzas impersonales que están dentro de nuestros espacios sociales comunes, en vez de a los villanos, y orienta la trayectoria dialógica hacia el futuro más que hacia el pasado. Finalmente, se afirma que los educadores tienen la urgente responsabilidad de guiar a sus estudiantes a través del diálogo de justicia social para que sus contribuciones ayuden a disminuir la injusticia en lugar de hacer que el terreno sea más traicionero.Palabras clave: impacto de la comunicación, ética de la comunicación, educación y cultura, cambio social, justicia social Un dialogue en faveur de la justice sociale Résumé Certains dialogues soutiennent la justice sociale et d'autres font l'inverse. Ceux qui soutiennent la justice sociale nécessitent que la haine soit laissée de côté afin d'éviter de se cacher en lieu sûr. Toutes les attaques illégitimes ad hominem/ad feminem sont rejetées dès le début. Aucune contribution au dialogue ne peut être sous-estimée, en raison du genre, de la race ou la religion du locuteur. De même, l'approche communicative de...