Perception of human ecology: cross-cultural and gender comparisons

Improving Students’ Higher Environmental and Climate Change Knowledge: A Case Study

“…These results could be explained by previous research that showed [30] Table 3. The arithmetic mean of statements by gender and absolute arithmetic mean difference.…”

“…On the other hand, the results of our research show the necessity of not only implementing formal environmental education, but of the development of such an education, which includes the necessary environmental activities with the aim of promoting and protecting the environment in the long run. Or environmental education must include "participation in activities that lead to the resolution of environmental challenges" [30].…”

“…students' knowledge, as well as the promotion of higherorder thinking skills in a cooperative context for learning and evaluation [20,28]. Considering the need for developing new approaches for improving climate change awareness and knowledge [29] and the fact that the chosen course has a section concerning climate change, we conducted a pilot study on project-based learning as a relevant learning model for the 21 st century [30], and an approach "that has a positive effect on increasing students' environmental knowledge levels" [31], bearing in mind that this teaching method enables students to gain knowledge and skills by working on an original project that addresses a global issue, in this case climate change. In this way, in addition to their environmental and climate change knowledge, students got familiar with: promoting environmental protection and environmental science in its broadest sense, as well as management and project management.…”

An Assessment of Consumers’ Willingness to Patronize Foreign-Based Business Format Franchises: An Investigation in the Fast-Food Sector

“…Culture also forms cultural themes, which are defined as meaning-constituting structures employed frequently and broadly by members of a cultural community (Eisler, Eisler and Yoshida 2003). In fact, it is through cultural themes that actors understand environmental variables and determine how to act in relation to them.…”

“…In fact, it is through cultural themes that actors understand environmental variables and determine how to act in relation to them. According to Eisler, Eisler and Yoshida (2003), environments are shaped by cultural elements and themes. People from different cultures perceive various environmental elements of a culture and how they feel about them.…”