ED32A:
Climate Literacy: Overcoming Barriers—Research Outcomes and Best Practices for Supporting Education and Informed Decision Making I

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Anne U Gold, CIRES/CU Boulder-Rsrch Lab 2, Boulder, CO, United States and Dana Nuccitelli, Global Change Institute, St Lucia, Australia
Primary Conveners:  Minda Berbeco, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Anne U Gold, CIRES/CU Boulder-Rsrch Lab 2, Boulder, CO, United States, Julie Lee Lambert, Florida Atlantic University, Key Biscayne, FL, United States and Dana Nuccitelli, Global Change Institute, St Lucia, Australia
OSPA Liaisons:  Anne U Gold, CIRES/CU Boulder-Rsrch Lab 2, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

10:20 AM
ED32A-01
 
Climate, Companies, and Public Policy: How Transparent Is the Private Sector in Reporting Climate Policy Influence?
Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States and Christina Carlson, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
10:35 AM
ED32A-02
 
Can Knowledge Deficit Explain Societal Perception of Climate Change Risk?
Ritayan Mitra1, Karen McNeal1 and Howard Bondell2, (1)North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States, (2)North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
10:50 AM
ED32A-03
 
From Disinformation to Wishful Thinking
Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States and Erik Meade Conway, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
11:05 AM
ED32A-04
 
Countering Climate Confusion in the Classroom: New Methods and Initiatives
Mark McCaffrey, Minda Berbeco and Ann H Reid, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States
11:20 AM
ED32A-05
 
The Impact of Project-Based Climate Change Learning Experiences on Students’ Broad Climate Literacy
Jan DeWaters, Susan E. Powers and Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, United States
11:35 AM
ED32A-06
 
Applying Agnotology-Based Learning in a Mooc to Counter Climate Misconceptions
John Cook, Skeptical Science, Brisbane, Australia; Global Change Institute, St Lucia, Australia
11:50 AM
ED32A-07
 
Using an Integrated Approach to Supporting Climate Change Literacy for Pre-Service Teachers
Heather R. Miller, Stephen Mattox, Pablo A Llerandi-Román and Christopher Dobson, Grand Valley State Univ, Allendale, MI, United States
12:05 PM
ED32A-08
 
Communicating Climate Change: Sometimes It's Not about the Science
Scott A Mandia, Suffolk County Comm. College, Selden, NY, United States
 
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