Measuring climate knowledge: A systematic review of quantitative studies
Summary: Climate change is a pressing issue that necessitates a climate-literate population. This systematic literature review investigates how climate knowledge, a key component of climate literacy, is measured in scientific research. Analysis of 92 studies reveals that climate knowledge is primari...
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| author | Maruša Lubej Žiga Petraš Andrej Kirbiš |
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| description | Summary: Climate change is a pressing issue that necessitates a climate-literate population. This systematic literature review investigates how climate knowledge, a key component of climate literacy, is measured in scientific research. Analysis of 92 studies reveals that climate knowledge is primarily assessed as objective knowledge (facts and evidence). A minority of studies measured subjective knowledge. Most often, the target population was general adult population, followed by students and teachers. Furthermore, most studies are concentrated in North America and Europe, while climate knowledge remains underexplored in other regions. This review highlights the lack of consistency in the measurement of climate knowledge, particularly in defining its dimensions. Our findings underscore the need for future research to focus on developing a standardized, reliable, valid, and comprehensive instrument for measuring climate knowledge. This would enable the comparison of findings across different regions and populations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-79448ccc919b49e6bc1d9ce0a69558492025-02-12T05:31:39ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422025-02-01282111888Measuring climate knowledge: A systematic review of quantitative studiesMaruša Lubej0Žiga Petraš1Andrej Kirbiš2University of Maribor Faculty of Arts, 2000 Maribor, SloveniaUniversity of Maribor Faculty of Arts, 2000 Maribor, SloveniaUniversity of Maribor Faculty of Arts, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia; Corresponding authorSummary: Climate change is a pressing issue that necessitates a climate-literate population. This systematic literature review investigates how climate knowledge, a key component of climate literacy, is measured in scientific research. Analysis of 92 studies reveals that climate knowledge is primarily assessed as objective knowledge (facts and evidence). A minority of studies measured subjective knowledge. Most often, the target population was general adult population, followed by students and teachers. Furthermore, most studies are concentrated in North America and Europe, while climate knowledge remains underexplored in other regions. This review highlights the lack of consistency in the measurement of climate knowledge, particularly in defining its dimensions. Our findings underscore the need for future research to focus on developing a standardized, reliable, valid, and comprehensive instrument for measuring climate knowledge. This would enable the comparison of findings across different regions and populations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225001488Earth sciencesClimatologyEnvironmental scienceEducation |
| spellingShingle | Maruša Lubej Žiga Petraš Andrej Kirbiš Measuring climate knowledge: A systematic review of quantitative studies iScience Earth sciences Climatology Environmental science Education |
| title | Measuring climate knowledge: A systematic review of quantitative studies |
| title_full | Measuring climate knowledge: A systematic review of quantitative studies |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring climate knowledge: A systematic review of quantitative studies |
| title_short | Measuring climate knowledge: A systematic review of quantitative studies |
| title_sort | measuring climate knowledge a systematic review of quantitative studies |
| topic | Earth sciences Climatology Environmental science Education |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225001488 |
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