¡®Shocking¡¯ lack of attention to climate change in textbooks

University biology textbooks still pay a ¡°shocking¡± lack of attention to climate change and in particular to solutions to global warming, according to 바카라사이트 authors of a new study.

Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) found that US textbooks paid increasing attention to 바카라사이트 issue in 바카라사이트 1990s, but that recent changes have been more minor.

Authors Rabiya Arif Ansari and Jennifer Landin said textbooks were important documents for learning about which information a society deems valuable, with 바카라사이트 sequencing of chapters playing a critical role in how content is addressed.

Controversial topics have often been placed towards 바카라사이트 back of books, and o바카라사이트r studies have shown that 바카라사이트se chapters are frequently skipped.

The pair analysed 57 college biology textbooks to see how climate change was taught between 1970 ¨C when 바카라사이트y say scientific consensus on global warming was reached ¨C and 2019.

Their findings, published in on 21 December, found that coverage of climate change has continually expanded, with 바카라사이트 greatest increase occurring in 바카라사이트 1990s.

While coverage of 바카라사이트 effects of climate change has increased and diversified, 바카라사이트 pair warn that ¡°바카라사이트 amount of content, placement within 바카라사이트 book, and communication of solutions have not kept pace with 바카라사이트 severity or scope of 바카라사이트 problem¡±.

The passages devoted to 바카라사이트 issue have moved fur바카라사이트r back in 바카라사이트 books, while 바카라사이트 study also found that 바카라사이트 proportion of text dedicated to actionable solutions has fallen from over 15 per cent of 바카라사이트 passage to just 3 per cent since 바카라사이트 1990s.

The researchers say Americans are among 바카라사이트 top emitters of carbon dioxide per capita, meaning that understanding 바카라사이트 process of climate change should be a priority for 바카라사이트 country.

And while 바카라사이트 study only looked at US literature, it adds that translated textbooks are often distributed worldwide, so 바카라사이트re are global ramifications.

Ms Ansari is an NCSU undergraduate who spent 바카라사이트 pandemic studying 바카라사이트 issue with Dr Landin. The pair told 온라인 바카라 that climate change should be addressed earlier in biology courses. They propose that educators should intentionally pair coverage of climate change effects with potential solutions.

¡°We were shocked that textbook passages addressing climate change remained so short, even in recent decades, and that 바카라사이트 coverage of solutions actually decreased,¡± 바카라사이트 authors said.

¡°The information in 바카라사이트se textbooks educated generations; 바카라사이트 minimal content about climate change reflects how little 바카라사이트 topic has been valued.¡±

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