In 2004 I began my PhD studying how pupils of different ages conceptualise Sustainable Development, that is to say, how they understand pollution, shortage of resources, electricity production and consumption and wasted managed. One of the aims of t
...MoreIn 2004 I began my PhD studying how pupils of different ages conceptualise Sustainable Development, that is to say, how they understand pollution, shortage of resources, electricity production and consumption and wasted managed. One of the aims of the research was to analyse how they established relationship between the knowledge that belong to two different domains: the social-economic and the chemist-physical. In 2006 I carried out a research stay in Liverpool in order to collaborate with Doctors Stanisstreet and Boyes. We began a passionate detour on scientific education. Now we are concluding a cross-country project where we are interested in define some elements that can help us to circumvent the ‘gap’ between knowledge instruction and pro-environmental actions.
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