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Measuring The Effectiveness Of Education For Sustainable Development Interventions For Effecting Change In Knowledge, Attitude And Behaviors Toward Sustainable Development, Christopher Robin Wilson
Measuring The Effectiveness Of Education For Sustainable Development Interventions For Effecting Change In Knowledge, Attitude And Behaviors Toward Sustainable Development, Christopher Robin Wilson
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The question addressed by this study is whether an intervention involving a brief, focused seminar providing Sustainability Fundamental education can affect change in sustainability-centric behavior via measured change in attitude toward sustainability and/or change knowledge of sustainability fundamentals.
This study focused on applying and extending lessons from a previous exploration of the relationships between sustainable behavior and both attitude toward sustainability and knowledge of sustainability. The test involved determining whether brief, science-based sustainability fundamentals seminars are an effective intervention for affecting the favorable sustainable behavior of practicing engineers, defined as professionals engaged in engineering post-completion of their formal studies, in …