TREE Quizzes 2022 Flashcards
What were the statements and proposals during 1992 UNCED within the agenda 21 and where the conference was held?
- Promotion of education, public awareness and training - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Promotion of the green industry and clean sea - Rabat, Morocco
- Education for sustainable development and reducing the carbon footprint - Madrid, Spain
- Prevention of child abuse and domestic violence - Rome, Italy
-Promotion of education, public awareness and training - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Environmental problems were often seen as:
- Socio-political problems which policies could solve;
- Financial burden;
- Scientific problems which science and technology could solve;
- No problem at all.
-Scientific problems which science and technology could solve;
What was Stephen Boyden’s standpoint about solving the environmental problems?
- Solving the problems of environmental education lobby;
- It’s the matter of the vocational and professional parties;
- A community commitment where every stakeholder has a role to play;
- Further investment on scientific research.
-A community commitment where every stakeholder has a role to play;
What is the correct definition of “environmental education” held by Bill Stapp?
- It’s participation in biophysical and environmental problem-solving;
- It’s aimed at producing a citizenry which is knowledgeable concerning the biophysical environment and its associated problems;
- Consists in a broad understanding of the biophysical environment both natural and man-made and its role in contemporary society;
- It’s about attitudes of concern for the quality of the biophysical environment.
-It’s aimed at producing a citizenry which is knowledgeable concerning the biophysical environment and its associated problems;
One of the differences between the Belgrade Charter and previous formulations on environmental education was:
- The use of moderate non-sexist language;
- The use of moderate non-sexist stereotypes;
- The use of non-sexist language;
- None of the above.
-The use of non-sexist language;
What’s the definition of “pro-environmental behavior” by Kollmuss and Agyeman?
- An evangelical mission where people are to be converted;
- An action targeted at a change in global society;
- The sort of behavior that consciously seeks to minimize the negative impact of one’s actions on the natural and built world;
- The establishment of a common field between biology and environmental education.
-The sort of behavior that consciously seeks to minimize the negative impact of one’s actions on the natural and built world;
Within the environmental education, the positivist methods were:
- Labeled as the most required methods to apply;
- The most prominent methods within the past decades;
- The affirmative inquiries held within the research field;
- Considered as the most reliable inquiries.
-The most prominent methods within the past decades;
To expand furthermore the approach of applied science methods on EER, Gough and Gough they considered:
- Epistemology and the ontology of the subject matter;
- Interpretative and critical Inquiries;
- The colonial and postcolonial dilemmas;
- Interpretative, critical and historical Inquiries.
-The colonial and postcolonial dilemmas;
The UNESCO, within the implementation scheme for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005–2014, acknowledged that:
- Pro-environmental behavior is the most important criterion for the environmental education field;
- Aspects such as the adoption of values and changes in behavior are unsolvable by science or technology fields;
- Aspects such as the adoption of values and changes in behavior can be adequately captured by numbers alone.
- Aspects such as the adoption of values and changes in behavior cannot be adequately captured by numbers alone;
-Aspects such as the adoption of values and changes in behavior cannot be adequately captured by numbers alone;
The historical, social and political context of the human being is considered as relevant for:
- Pro-environmental behaviors;
- The environmental education;
- The education for sustainable development;
- None of the above.
-The environmental education;
Hart and Nolan argued that EER needs to:
- Address critical, feminist and postmodern challenges;
- Have more in-depth qualitative analyses;
- All choices mentioned above are correct.
- Go beyond the academy and develop partnerships with schools and communities;
-All choices mentioned above are correct.
A belief can be defined as:
- The regard that something is held to deserve
- Ideas which advocates that reality is measurable
- The attitude of one who regards a proposition as true
- A framework that encompasses ideas about reality
-The attitude of one who regards a proposition as true
Pajares presents the belief as:
- An ordered construct that can be replaced by terms such as knowledge, opinion and ideology;
- A construct that can only be replaced by the term “attitude”;
- A disordered construct that must be distinguished from similar concepts;
- A disorganized psychological structure.
-A disordered construct that must be distinguished from similar concepts;
Beliefs about authority refers to:
- People or groups of faith who are included in figures of authority;
- Ideas we have about power;
- Faith we have in divine power;
- Our relationship with the government.
-People or groups of faith who are included in figures of authority;
Accommodation is related to:
- The intrinsic value in nature for human and non-human species;
- The intrinsic value in nature for human;
- The support for a policy of “sustainable growth” guided by resource management rules;
- The extrinsic value in nature for non-human species.
-The support for a policy of “sustainable growth” guided by resource management rules;
The liberal education for the environment is typical of:
- Communalism ecosocialism ideology;
- Cornucopian ideology;
- Accommodation/managerialis ideology;
- Gaianism utopian ideology.
-Gaianism utopian ideology.
The conservation education about the environment:
- Sees the environment as a social construct;
- Considers the gender issues in environmental issues;
- Gives less attention to gender issues;
- Is found in progressive geography, environmental studies and science.
-Gives less attention to gender issues;
First researches in environmental education were:
- Merely quantitative;
- Merely qualitative;
- Both quantitative and qualitative;
- Nor quantitative neither qualitative.
-Merely quantitative;
The definition for the research paradigm of interpretivism is:
- A school of thought which sees reality as external to the individual;
- A school of thought which sees reality as internal to the individual;
- A school of thought which considers reality as subjective and that there is a universal truth;
- A school of thought which considers reality as subjective and that there is no universal truth.
-A school of thought which considers reality as subjective and that there is no universal truth.
Researchers in the interpretive tradition argue that:
- The generalizations and theories can effortlessly describe human behavior;
- The generalizations and theories can easily describe human behavior;
- The generalizations and theories can naturally study human behavior;
- Human behavior is too diverse and complex to be described through generalizations and theories.
-Human behavior is too diverse and complex to be described through generalizations and theories.
Theorists of the critical paradigm argue that the subjective opinions:
- Are constructed by persuasive social forces;
- Are only constructed internally;
- Are constructed externally;
- Are constructed internally and influenced by persuasive social forces.
-Are constructed internally and influenced by persuasive social forces.
Which one of these analytical techniques are not used by educational researchers in the critical tradition?
- Discourse analysis;
- Critical ethnography;
- Brainstorming;
- Action research.
-Brainstorming;
Research paradigm of positivism is:
- A school of thought which believes that reality is subjective and that there is no universal truth;
- A school of thought which takes a practical approach to research advocating the use of mixed methods;
- A school of thought which advocates that reality is objective and measurable;
- All the answers are correct.
-A school of thought which advocates that reality is objective and measurable;
The effectiveness of the syllogism has been diminished because:
- It was no longer related to observation and experience;
- It was no longer a mental exercise;
- It was related to experience;
- It was related to observation.
-It was no longer related to observation and experience;