International Journal of Research in STEM Education
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): November Issue

Global Warming: Facing Confirmation Bias and Cognitive Dissonance with Hands-on Activities

Šlégrová, Leontýna (Unknown)
Šlégr, Jan (Unknown)
Studnička, Filip (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2020

Abstract

Although global warming is an irrefutable scientific fact, many people, including those who often call themselves skeptics and critical thinkers, are doubtful about this unambiguous fact. An extensive longitudinal survey amongst the students showed that even future teachers are not resistant to these misconceptions, even if they are presented with the conclusions of the scientific studies. In this paper, we show simple hands-on classroom activities in which publicly available climate data are studied with methods previously known to students, and simple atmospheric models are presented. These simple exercises can help future teachers to establish their own opinion on global warming based on the analysis of data and physical models and not on information from obscure websites and social networks.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijrse

Publisher

Subject

Chemistry Education Environmental Science Mathematics Physics

Description

Focus and Scope The International Journal on Research in STEM Education (IJRSE) aims to facilitate multi-disciplinary research and development by publishing empirical contributions that combine subject content expertise with educational and technological endeavors. IJRSE provides a unique platform ...